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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Todd Wilkinson

Yellowstone at 150: busier yet wilder than ever, says park’s ‘winterkeeper’

A bison stares in the direction of the camera as other bison roam in the background in a snowy Yellowstone National Park in February
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, home to bisons and other large mammals including grizzly bears, elks and wolves, became a national park in 1872. Photograph: William Campbell/Getty

As “winterkeeper” at Yellowstone national park, Steven Fuller lives in a rustic cedar-shingled cottage, built in 1910, set on a hill a short walk from the majestic Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

On balmier days, with the windows open, he can hear the roar of the 308ft Lower Falls tumbling into the chasm. In autumn, he is treated to the sound of bugling bull elk in rut or, in the middle of night, the howls of wolves.

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