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Yellowstone June visitation
for 2011 remains strong, but
off 2010’s record pace
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500,000
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Yellowstone National Park recorded
634,316 recreational visitors in June
2011, down 8.7 percent from last
year’s all time record of 694,841.
However, this is still the third highest
June visitation on record.
The number of recreational visitors
entering Yellowstone for the first six
months of the calendar year is also
down compared to last year’s record
levels. The park recorded 941,723
recreational visitors from January
through June 2011, compared to
1,053,801 during the same period in
2010. Despite the year-to-year de-
barrett hospital in Dillon
requests photo submissions
for hospital art
In preparation for the opening of the
new Barrett Hospital in the spring of
2012, Barrett Hospital Foundation is
seeking photo submissions to adorn
the new facility. During this first call,
photo enthusiasts are asked to submit
images that convey “the resiliency,
healing spirit and health of Southwest
Montana.”
Categories are as follows:
· Wildflowers/Trees
· Buildings
· Wildlife – Mammals, Birds,
Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish
· Domestic Animals/Livestock
· Landscapes (Please Identify Approximate
Location)
· Rivers/Lakes/Streams
· “Every Man” - Images in the
“Every Man” category must not
show faces, distinguishing characteristics
or identifiable people.
· Community activities and events
– rodeos, Jaycee events, parades,
bike rallies, fairs, art walks, and
sporting events
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cline, park visitation for the first half
of this year is still the fifth highest
ever recorded.
July is typically the park’s peak visitation
month, followed by August,
June, September and May.
Yellowstone hosted a record number
of visitors in 2010. Over 3.64 million
people visited the world’s first
national park last year, up 10.55 percentm
over 2009, which itself was a
record year.
-from Yellowstone National Park Wire
Services
Files must be submitted on a CD,
DVD or USB Flash Drive. Images
will be categorized, reproduced and
placed in a preliminary pool. A coding
system will ensure the photographer’s
anonymity is protected during
the selection process. A set number
of items will be selected. Files may
be submitted in the following formats:
JPEG, TIFF, or Photoshop.
Files should be at 300 pixels per inch.
Do not submit images of less than
200 pixels per inch, as they will be
enlarged. Images in JPEG level 10
or higher in the SRGB color space
are preferable. The deadline for
submission is December 1, 2011.
Send submissions to Barrett Hospital
Foundation, 90 MT Highway
91 South, Dillon, MT 59725. Call
Barrett Hospital Foundation at (406)
683-6737 for further information.
-from the Big Sky Weekly’s Wire
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