Yellowstone’s chief wolf scientist retiring this week
JACKSON (WNE) — Doug Smith, the human face of Yellowstone National Park’s wolf research and management program, is retiring. Smith’s name is inseparably tied to the recent history of wolves in Yellowstone, a frequently lauded and often criticized saga that…
EV chargers coming to Yellowstone, Grand Teton gateways
JACKSON (WNE) —Eastern Idaho’s Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative will install five strategically placed Level 3 electric car charging stations along two significant scenic byways, with construction starting in the spring of 2023. The fast chargers will be placed in…
UNESCO report goofs; there are no glaciers in Yellowstone
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON —There are no glaciers in Yellowstone National Park. That’s according to Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly. Speaking with the Jackson Hole Daily on Friday morning about the summer season, he…
Old Gardiner Road opens to public, restoring access to Yellowstone’s North Entrance
JACKSON (WNE) — Contractors completed striping Saturday, and the Old Gardiner Road swung open Sunday to visitors to Yellowstone National Park, restoring public access between the North Entrance and Mammoth Hot Springs. Most visitor access to the park’s North Entrance…
Pair of Northwest College wrestlers injured in grizzly attack
A grizzly bear attacked and injured two men who apparently surprised the bruin while they were recreating in the Shoshone National Forest in northwestern Wyoming, state wildlife officials said Monday. The two men are athletes are from the Northwest College…
As invasive mussels creep toward Wyoming, ‘dirty boats’ show up in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Invasive mussels float down rivers as plumes of tiny larvae, latch onto boats to cross state lines and find new waters to infest. And they are inching closer…
Foot found in Abyss Pool likely from July accident; no foul play suspected
JACKSON (WNE) –- The human foot found in a shoe in Yellowstone National Park’s Abyss Pool Tuesday in West Thumb Geyser Basin is likely from a July 31 death. No foul play is suspected, park officials said Friday. Yellowstone officials…
Nearly 5K gallons of fuel spilled in Yellowstone after tanker rollover
JACKSON (WNE) — After the driver of a tanker truck lost control, the rig rolled and spilled an estimated 4,800 gallons of unleaded gasoline in Yellowstone National Park early Friday. The accident happened near mile marker 16 on Highway 191,…
New information released on human foot found in Yellowstone National Park
This story courtesy EastIdahoNews.com. It is used here with permission – By Kailyn Hart EastIdahoNews.com YELLOWSTONE – Yellowstone National Park has released an update on a partial foot found inside a shoe earlier this week. A park employee made the…
Yellowstone hosts nearly 600,000 in July
Yellowstone National Park hosted 596,562 recreation visits in July 2022. This is a 45% decrease from July 2021 (1,080,767 recreational visits), the most-visited July on record, and a 36% decrease from July 2019 (936,062), the last pre-Covid year. On June…