Snow collects on a fence near Sheep Mountain southeast of Yellowstone National Park. (Ruffin Prevost/Yellowstone Gate)
Snow collects on a fence near Sheep Mountain southeast of Yellowstone National Park. (Ruffin Prevost/Yellowstone Gate)

From Staff Reports

Photographers are invited to share their favorite winter images of the region with the public during the Fifth Annual Winter Photo Festival to be held next month in West Yellowstone, Mont.

The festival will be held at 7 p.m. March 12 at the West Yellowstone Visitor Information Center. It is sponsored by the National Park Service and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center.

Photographers are asked to bring digital photos taken in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem on a thumb drive or photo CD so they can display and narrate their photos. Presenters will be limited to 25 images or five minutes.

Interested photographers should contact Rich Jehle at 307-344-2840 or 307-344-2754 or by e-mail for more information. Participants must register by 5 p.m. March 11.

Ruffin Prevost is founding editor of Yellowstone Gate, an independent, online news service about Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks and their gateway communities. He lives in Cody, Wyo., where he also works...