Author: Mac Watson
Due to dry conditions and local fire restrictions, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is banning open fires on all Game and Fish Commission-owned and administered lands within Hot Springs and Park Counties. These lands include Sunshine Wildlife Habitat Management Area west of Meeteetse and Sunlight Wildlife Habitat Management Area northwest of Cody. Open fires…
Started by a lightning strike on July 19th in the Shoshone National Forest, the Clearwater Fire continues to consume trees and undergrowth at a slow pace. Cooler temperatures and some light rain within the fire area have allowed for containment to increase to 62%. Yesterday, fire crews continued cleaning up brush and downed trees in…
Yellowstone National Park is announcing that the park has hosted 992,352 recreation visits in July 2024, which is up 2% from July 2023 (969,692 recreation visits). This July’s visitation showed an 8% decrease from July 2021 (1,080,767 recreation visits). So far in 2024, the park has hosted 2,626,091 recreation visits, up 7% from 2023 (2,462,535…
The Park County Sheriff’s Office is giving an update on the wildfire that started on July 19th after a lightning strike. Dubbed the “Clearwater Fire,” located 11 miles west of Wapiti, the fire has consumed 138 acres and has 0% containment. Currently, there are 94 people who are monitoring the fire which is still in…
The Clearwater Fire is growing. The wildfire, which started with a lightning strike on July 19th, on a ridgeline between the Elk Fork and June Creek drainages, has increased in size, according to a media release from the U.S. National Forest Service. The fire, about one mile south of the Clearwater Campground, is very difficult…
Yellowstone National Park is announcing that starting on Thursday, August 1, people may apply to the 2024-2025 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows permit-holders to enter the park for up to three days with a group of up…
Five visitors to Yellowstone National Park are lucky to be alive as their vehicle crashed into a geyser thermal on Thursday morning. On Thursday, around 10:45AM, a car with five occupants inadvertently drove off the roadway and into the Semi-Centennial Geyser thermal feature near Roaring Mountain between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Junction in Yellowstone…
A tourist in Yellowstone National Park is showing how NOT to photograph wildlife in the park, especially bison. Luckily for him, park rangers intervened before anything tragic happened. When a traffic jam happened due to a handful of bison hanging on the roadway, rather than doing the smart thing and staying in his vehicle, the…
The easy, simple answer is that July 4 is celebrated because that’s the day in 1776 when the country declared its freedom from British monarchy rule by signing the Declaration of Independence. True history buffs will know that only John Hancock penned his signature on July 4th. When the other 56 delegates of the Continental…
A rare white bison calf that was born on June 4 in Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park, hasn’t been seen since the first week of June, according to park officials. Captured on camera by visitors and photographers, just moments after it was born, the calf’s photos were shared online, going viral on social media…