Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2024
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 852,435 recreation visits in September 2024. This is a 2% increase from September 2023 (838,458 recreational visits). This September’s visitation showed an 3% decrease from September 2021 (882,078 recreation visits). So…
Yellowstone tourism contributes $828M to local economy
CHEYENNE (WNE) — A new National Park Service report shows that 4.5 million visitors to Yellowstone National Park in 2023 spent $623 million in communities near the park.That spending supported 8,560 jobs in the local area and had a…
US national parks are receiving record-high gift of $100M
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history, a $100 million gift the fundraising group described as transformative for the…
Canyon Village starts to reopen in wake of July 4 shootout
By Jackson Hole News&Guide staff Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Visitor services remain limited at Canyon Village following a fatal exchange of gunfire July 4 in Yellowstone National Park that left a 28-year-old man dead and a park…
Yellowstone visitation statistics for May 2024
The following is a news release from the offices of Yellowstone National Park – MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The park hosted 522,450 recreation visits in May 2024, up 15% from May 2023 (454,262 recreation visits). This May’s visitation showed…
Park Service calls for bison populations to grow in the West
CASPER (WNE) — The National Park Service is calling for a 20% increase in the bison population. The service has released its preferred alternative for a new Interagency Bison Management Plan, which comes more than two decades after the inaugural…
Biologists to begin 2024 grizzly and black bear captures for research purposes in Yellowstone National Park
• Public reminded to heed warning signs BOZEMAN, MT – As part of ongoing grizzly bear and black bear research and management efforts and as required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,…
$100 million minimum for Kelly parcel, legislators say
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The Wyoming Legislature has made the first move in what’s sure to be a protracted debate this winter about the future of the Kelly parcel. In a mid-January…
Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2023
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 299,127 recreation visits in October 2023. This is a 26% increase from October 2022 (236,567 recreational visits). It is also a 75% increase from October 2019* (171,339 recreational visits) when several…
Back in Grand Teton, Grizzly 399 stayed out of trouble while down south
JACKSON (WNE) — Jackson Hole’s most watched bear has returned to Grand Teton National Park with a clean record. In late August, Grizzly 399 left the park, heading south, and crossed onto private property. She spent the better part of…