What to expect in Wyoming’s Grand Teton, Yellowstone parks as summer kicks off
• Several large infrastructure projects may delay traffic in GTNP, while bear closure remains in effect in Yellowstone. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the high season in Wyoming’s Grand Teton and…
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…