Welcome to The Yellowstone Project
Citizen Scientists are actively collecting data in and around Yellowstone National Park. They will log their data on the Google Earth Project Map.
As our citizen scientists start to have questions about the data they are seeing, we will post videos that analyze the data.
Bison by the Numbers: Percent Increase
In this series of videos, we will take you through a short history of population of bison in YNP, an introduction to the concept of percent change, and finally apply our math knowledge to the bison population.
History of Bison
A short history of the bison population in Yellowstone Greater Area
For more information about bison in Yellowstone, check out this publication.
Percent Increase
Learn what a percent increase is and how to calculate it
Percent Increase in Bison Populations
Calculate the percent increase in bison populations in the Yellowstone Greater Area