National Park Service
After a spring snowstorm dumped a ton of snow on the Montana/Wyoming Border last week, the Beartooth Highway (US-212) has remained closed. An avalanche, causing rocks and debris to damage the road, spoiled the National Park Service‘s goal of having the scenic highway into Yellowstone National Park opened by Memorial Day weekend. Mother Nature spoiled…
The National Park Service and American Forests have signed a five-year agreement to help retore the whitebark pine population to the western United States. Under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, this partnership will support multiple restoration activities in national parks. The initial projects in Wyoming’s National Parks, Yellowstone and Grand Teton, along with Montana’s…
Yellowstone National Park hosted 846,389 recreation visits in August 2023, a 45% increase from August 2022 and a 3% increase from August 2019. August 2023 visitations decreased compared to July 2023, as there was 969,692 recreation visits in July. Year-to-date, the park has had 3,313,244 recreation visits. Below is a list of statistics on yearly…
A man captured a video of his wife attempting to pet a moose at a national park despite his warnings to keep away for the animal. “This is proof, for the doctors, of what her bodily injuries are from,” said the man while capturing the video, who was also standing too close to the moose.…
The Black Canyon boat-in camping site will be closed effective immediately due to continued bear activity. The bears in the area continue to show little to no fear of human activity. To decrease the chances of a human – bear conflict, the recreation area has decided to close the Black Canyon Campground effective September 6…
The National Park Service has issued a reminder to visitors of Yellowstone National Park to stay away from bull elk, especially during fall mating season, also known as the rut. Bull elk are unpredictable during this time of year and people have been severely injured. Elk run quickly and may change direction without warning so…
As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone area, scientific capture operations are about to begin within Yellowstone National Park. Biologists who are apart of the Interagency Grizzly Bears Study Team will begin field captures on Aug. 28 and continue through…
Yellowstone National Park has released their visitation statistics so far for 2023. In July 2023, the park had 969,692 recreation visits. That is a 63% increase compared to July 2022. Year-to-date, the park has hosted 2,463,202 recreational visits, a total that is up 33% from this time in 2022. Below is a list of Yellowstone…
Grizzly bears are fiercely protective animals. They are not afraid to attack anyone or anything that gets too close to their cubs, but they are even more protective over their food. In this video, captured by @yellowstone_enthusiast and shared to @touronsofyellowstone, multiple groups of tourists watch very closely as a grizzly feasted on what appears…
Park rangers were not impressed with the actions of a recent park visitor who leapt into the road, right in front go a grizzly bear to snap a photo. The bear had just crossed the road when the man jumped out to get a shot of the bear running uphill. Yellowstone “enthusiast” Julia Cook caught…