Tag Archives: Yellowstone National Park

We saw some strong numbers compiled by the National Park Service for September 2023 Yellowstone visitation, exceeding the number of visits reported in September 2022 and September 2019.

A compromise on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded for 45 days keeps Yellowstone open through the fall season.

The impact of a Yellowstone shutdown extends far past the number of visitors denied entry to America’s oldest national park–in fact, the impact extends hundreds of miles beyond the five entry gates.

A likely U.S. government shutdown could lead to a Yellowstone closure as soon as Monday, but the exact impact has still to be determined, according to Department of the Interior officials.

Drugs are suspected to be connected to a Yellowstone fatality, as a deceased woman and drugs were reportedly found in a stalled car found in a snowbank on the Craig Pass Sunday night.

Another sign of spring: ski

It’s a road map to where those running Yellowstone National Park set priorities for this year and beyond, so it’s worth reading, as the Yellowstone 2023 State of the Park report was released today.

We have the first 2022 Yellowstone grizzly sighting in the books, as a pilot working on park research sighted an adult bear walking in a meadow in the west-central part of the park.

It’s not been an especially hard winter by local standards, but we always look forward to signs of spring–and a big one is when we have the Yellowstone winter season closures for oversnow travel by snowmobile and snowcoach at hand.

This has been a contentious issue for years, and now it becomes a reality in 2023, as Yellowstone telecom improvements in the form of fiber optic cable are on tap for installation next summer.