Tag Archives: Yellowstone National Park

We predicted 2010 would be a good year for folks visiting Yellowstone National Park. That prediction was borne out in the numbers released by the Park Service: June was a record month for attendance at America's Oldest National Park.

On one of the busiest days of the year when it comes to tourists in Yellowstone National Park, the Fourth of July turned exciting for many in Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful, as two haz-mat scares summoned fears of terrorism in America's Oldest National Park.

If you're headed to Yellowstone National Park this summer and are in the Bozeman area, take the kids to the Museum of the Rockies before, during or after your time in the Park, as a new kids' exhibit, Explore Yellowstone, will help show them why American's Oldest National Park is such a special place.

It's not been a good month to be a bear in Yellowstone National Park, as the third fatality was registered today after rangers took down an adult female who had grown a little too comfortable with people -- to the point where she was tearing into tents and approaching hikers.

While you can expect some huge crowds in Yellowstone National Park this weekend -- especially in the Old Faithful area -- it looks like access to and from the major geyser areas will be clear.

One rule of living in a northern clime: you never know what will turn up in the yard when the snow melts. That was especially true for researcher Craig Lee, who found a 10,000-year-old weapon after glaciers melted close to Yellowstone National Park.

For the second time this month, a hit-and-run driver has claimed the life of a Yellowstone bear, as the body of a cinnamon-colored female adult black bear was found in a ditch along the Grand Loop Road, east of the entrance to Blacktail Plateau Drive, about halfway between Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower Junction.

Electrical service at Fishing Bridge RV Park could be back this fall after Xanterra and the National Park Service came to an agreement over upgrades to the 40-year-old electrical system; some upgrades could be done later this year, with the rest completed for 2012.

A man riding a rented motorcycle was killed in northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park after he struck a rock wall at the east end of the Lamar Canyon and fell down an embankment.

Because humans care enough about wildlife to ensure their survival, a grizzly bear killed a hiker outside the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park -- under direct orders from God, no less! Read what else the American Family Association has to say about the tragedy.