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A seasonal concessionaire employee pled guilty to starting a July 26, 2019 North Entrance fire by dropping a lit cigarette on the ground while sitting at a picnic table, igniting the blaze. 

A closure to note for any upcoming Yellowstone National Park visit: The Chittenden Road and trailhead parking area, along with the Mount Washburn Trail via the Chittenden Road, will close August 6-8.

The remains of  Feiyang “Isaac” Xiang, a 21-year-old male from China and a lost concessionaire employee from a 2015 drowning incident, have been found and positively identified.

We could see construction of sorely needed Yellowstone seasonal employee housing after the National Park Service (NPS) acting Intermountain Regional Director signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the environmental assessment (EA).

Crews contained a fire between the Yellowstone north entrance and the Gardner River, as a human-caused incident affected four acres and stopping traffic from entering the National Park.

After several more Yellowstone wildlife incidents involving black bears, National Park Service officials are asking visitors to exercise more caution when handling food at campsites.

A nine-year-old girl was injured in a Yellowstone bison incident yesterday, part of a larger event that saw a group of approximately 50 people being far too close to a bull bison near Observation Point Trail in the Old Faithful Geyser area. 

The 2019 Yellowstone fire season is underway, as Yellowstone National Park officials have set up an observation of the 7 Mile Hole Fire, located three miles east of Canyon Village.

The historic Mount Holmes Fire Lookout is no more, burning to the ground Tuesday afternoon after being hit by a lightning strike generated by a severe thunderstorm.

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.