Tag Archives: Yellowstone National Park

The scheduled Dunraven Pass and Beartooth Highway openings hit snags this morning, with bad weather indefinitely delaying the opening of the Beartooth Highway.

Another milestone day in Yellowstone National Park access: the Yellowstone East Entrance is open, while road crews have made significant progress in clearing the road between the South Entrance and Old Faithful.

One brief blip if you’re heading to Yellowstone National Park in coming weeks: Black Sand Basin access is blocked until at least the Memorial Day weekend while maintenance crews replace and reroute a section of boardwalk damaged by the area’s thermal features.

Though there’s still plenty of snow on the ground, Yellowstone National Park is open for business today, with the West and North Entrances providing access to the Old Faithful area.

Continuing its strong tradition of fundraising for Yellowstone National Park, the Yellowstone Park Foundation announced $600,000 in grants for Spring 2013.

This weekend marks the last time you’ll be able to drive into Yellowstone National Park in 2012, with most road closures scheduled for next Monday at 8 a.m.

Beaver colonization at portions of the Heart Lake and Basin Creek Cutoff trails is causing Yellowstone National Park to plan a new trail in the area, and they’re soliciting comments on a proposed project to route hikers from frequently flooded areas.

A new attempt to rid streams of non-native brook trout will begin this week, when Elk Creek and its tributaries will be treated with Rotenone to kill off the invasive species.

Netting operations on Yellowstone Lake have yielded higher numbers of both invasive lake trout and cutthroat trout, leading officials to declare progress in the battle to save native species.

Visitation to Yellowstone National Park was down slightly in August 2012 when compared to August 2011, but the yearly numbers for visitation are up slightly from 2011.