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New Yellowstone housing features green building, design elements

Dylan Hoffman, director of environmental affairs in Yellowstone for Xanterra Parks and Resorts, stands near the entrance to Paintbrush Lodge, a newly completed employee dormitory in Yellowstone National Park.

Staff accommodations in Yellowstone National Park have typically leaned toward the more rustic end of the spectrum, starting with a series of remote cabins built by U.S. Army soldiers in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Guest quarters have at times been only marginally better, with some lodging meant as temporary housing still being used a half-century later. So it was with understandable fanfare that a Yellowstone lodging concessioner earlier this month showed off two new environmentally friendly housing projects, both built using modular construction, and with a focus on sustainable building and design practices. Continue Reading →

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