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Yellowstone lake trout numbers dropping

By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — A quarter-century after a Yellowstone Lake angler’s exotic catch first alarmed fisheries managers, the population of the non-native lake trout finally appears to be crashing. Yellowstone National Park…

Groups want lower grizzly hunting quota

By Mark Davis  Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — On the final day for hunters to apply for grizzly bear tags in the first season in Wyoming in more than four decades, a collaboration of environmental organizations have…

Wyoming tops the list for road trip destinations

Despite higher fuel prices and increased traffic to escape cities, AAA estimates that 64-percent of American families will hit the road this summer for recreation and according to WalletHub.com, the top destination is the Cowboy State. Using criteria such as…

Wyoming News Briefs: June 11, 2018

The Star Valley Independent is a member of the Wyoming News Exchange. These stories come courtesy of the WNE. Bison gores Yellowstone visitor JACKSON (WNE) — A California woman was rushed to the hospital Wednesday after being gored by a…

Woman gored by Yellowstone bison

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A California woman was gored by a bull bison at Fountain Paint Pot in the Lower Geyser Basin on Wednesday. Kim Hancock, 59, was with a crowd of people who approached within ten yards of the…

Seven-day joint pass for Yellowstone, Grand Teton Park ending

IDAHO FALLS — The combined seven-day entrance pass to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks will no longer be offered.  The $50 weekly pass covered admission to both parks in Wyoming but the National Park Service announced it is discontinuing…

Yellowstone visitor tossed by local bison

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A grumpy bison apparently decided not to share the local trail with a visitor who unfortunately got a little too close. Park rangers report that on Monday, Virginia Junk, 72, of Boise was walking the trails…

Utah & Wyoming biggest beneficiaries of increased National Park numbers

Star Valley and U.S. Highway 89 are a main artery for visitors of Grant Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Visitors have increased spending in America’s National Parks by more than $3.5 billion over the last five years, fueling…

Yellowstone National Park entrance fees slated to increase in June

The following is a news release from Yellowstone National Park. MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyoming – The National Park Service (NPS) announced Thursday that Yellowstone National Park will modify its entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional funding for…

SBA: “National Park rate hikes will hurt local businesses”

Last fall the U.S. Department of the Interior announced an open comment period on its proposal to increase entrance fees at many of the nation’s most popular national parks, including the flagship of Wyoming’s tourism industry: Yellowstone. The comment period…