Olivia Weitz
Multimedia JournalistLeave a tip: oweitz@uwyo.edu
Olivia Weitz is based at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody. She covers Yellowstone National Park, wildlife, and arts and culture throughout the region. Olivia’s work has aired on NPR and member stations across the Mountain West. She is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and the Transom story workshop. In her spare time, she enjoys skiing, cooking, and going to festivals that celebrate folk art and music.
Email: oweitz@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307-302-0195
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There’s been a push recently to remove or replace fences to allow deer, pronghorn and elk to move about and migrate. But one of the biggest hurdles is knowing where all those miles and miles of fence actually are. -
Another concern in the Cody region was how development, including houses and roads, is impacting available habitat. -
State Archaeologist Spencer Pelton told federal land managers that his office can pick up archeological surveys and cultural reviews required by federal law. -
Visitors can enter Yellowstone through the West Entrance at West Yellowstone and the North Entrance at Gardiner, and drive to places like Old Faithful, Lamar Valley and Norris Geyser Basin. -
The western meadowlark is one of the birds featured in the Draper Natural History Museum. Wyoming was the first state to make the meadowlark its state bird in 1927. -
The birds have long beaks they use to scarf up ants and beetles on the forest floor, or they drum on tree bark to find bugs. -
Park County adopted a new land use plan in January. Since then, the county has been hosting a series of open houses. Feedback will be used to update zoning maps. -
The Smithsonian staff helps rural museums build their own local exhibit telling their unique story with its Many Voices, One Nation program. It’s now in a holding pattern. -
With 4.7 million visitors the park was about 116,000 visitors short of the busiest year on record.
