Grand Teton superintendent: Pandemic visitation was ‘a glimpse of the future’
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — As far as national park visits are concerned, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem saw a significant decrease in visitation in 2022. But park managers aren’t expecting that drop to…
Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2022
• Commemorate 150 Years of Yellowstone MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 567,587 recreation visits in September 2022. This is a 36% decrease from September 2021 (882,078 recreational visits), the most-visited September on record, and an 18% decrease…
Biologists set to begin grizzly bear captures for research purposes in Yellowstone National Park
Public reminded to heed warning signs BOZEMAN, Mont. – As part of ongoing efforts required under the Endangered Species Act to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with the…
Yellowstone to improve telecommunications systems in developed areas
The National Park Service (NPS) signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an environmental assessment (EA) to improve telecommunications systems in the developed areas of Yellowstone National Park. The FONSI was approved in 2021. Although the environmental review…
Body of missing 26-year-old Texas man found in Grand Teton National Park
The following is a news release from the National Park Service. MOOSE, Wyoming — Search teams located the body of missing 26-year-old Texas man Jared Hembree Sunday in Grand Teton National Park. His body was found near Uhl Hill in…
Yellowstone scales back search for canoeist
JACKSON (WNE) — Yellowstone National Park is winding down search and recovery efforts for Kim Crumbo, 74, who had been on a four-night backcountry trip to Shoshone Lake with his brother, who died of hypothermia. The National Park Service has…
Court cans low-impact film permits in Grand Teton, Yellowstone parks
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The National Park Service has changed its permitting requirements so that commercial filmmakers no longer have to pay fees or gain clearance as long as shoots are small…
Final cull: Exotic goat herd trimmed by 43 in Teton Park
By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON – Rangers have decided to pull volunteer hunters out of the Tetons early and cease the cull of exotic mountain goats for now. Volunteers killed 43 goats during a…
Teton County tourism jumps past ’19 levels
JACKSON (WNE) — The spike in active Teton County coronavirus cases comes amid a wave of tourism. By a couple of measures, more people are venturing to Jackson Hole on any given day this summer than in 2019, which itself…
Fossil Butte is modifying visitor center operations
Kemmerer – Fossil Butte National Monument announced modifications — effective Saturday, April 4 — to operations in response to guidance from the governor and Wyoming Department of Health to slow the spread of COVID-19. Until further notice, the following services and…