June 2019 Yellowstone visitation was down 3.6 percent when compared to June 2018, as National Park Service officials tallied 781,853 visits. This also represents a decrease from June 2016 (838,316 visits), the busiest month on record in Yellowstone.
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Soda Butte Creek Restoration to be Celebrated Next Week
The Soda Butte Creek restoration, part of the successful cleanup of the McLaren abandoned mine near Cooke City, Montana, will be celebrated at an event July 18 at the mine site.
Read More »Yellowstone Live Returns June 23-26 on National Geographic
Journalist Josh Elliott and animal expert Chris Packham return to host Yellowstone Live, a four-day event running on the National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild cable networks.
Read More »One Killed, Two Injured in South Entrance Road RV Accident
A 13-year-old boy was killed and his twin brother seriously injured in a single-vehicle accident on South Entrance Road near Lewis Falls on Tuesday afternoon.
Read More »Leslie Reynolds New Yellowstone Interim Chief Ranger
We have a new interim chief ranger in Yellowstone National Park, with Leslie Reynolds named to the post by Superintendent Cam Sholly, as the National Park Service embarks on a search for a permanent appointment.
Read More »Yellowstone National Park May 2019 Visitation Down Over 2018
Though the numbers are down over 2018, Yellowstone National Park May 2019 visitation still represented the third-busiest May on record.
Read More »Yellowstone’s Mount Washburn Trail to Close in August
Yellowstone National Park’s Mount Washburn Trail and trailhead parking lot at Dunraven Pass will close this summer for improvements August 6-27, 2019.
Read More »Life on Mars? Yellowstone Pasta Bacterium May Show the Way
A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rock formations that look like Yellowstone pasta bacterium, according to research conducted at the University of Illinois.
Read More »Can Yellowstone Forests Recover From Frequent Fires?
How resilient are Yellowstone forests when it comes to frequent fires? Kelly April Tyrrell of the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides this look at how researchers are addressing the issue.
Read More »Yellowstone Economic Impact: $647.1M Annually
The Yellowstone economic impact on the local economy was $647.1 million in 2018, supporting 7,089 jobs, according to a new report issued by the National Park Service.
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