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…
Yellowstone plans to open northern roads by mid-October
By Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Yellowstone National Park announced an ambitious goal of finishing temporary repairs of the Northeast Entrance road by mid-October and has forged a deal with the Montana and Wyoming transportation…
Man played dead, lived to tell about grizzly bear attack
By Nathan Oster Greybull Standard Via- Wyoming News Exchange GREYBULL — He resides in Buffalo, N.Y., but the victim in last week’s grizzly bear attack near Meeteetse may be more familiar with Wyoming’s high country than just about any other adventurer who…
Yellowstone will open north loop Saturday, drop license plate system
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Bunsen Peak, Mount Washburn, the Roaring Mountain and the beautiful road along Blacktail Deer Plateau will be ready for visitors on Saturday, when Yellowstone National Park plans to…
Yellowstone peak gets new name
By Joshua Wolfson Casper Star-Tribune Via- Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —A peak at Yellowstone National Park that had been named after an Army lieutenant who led a massacre of Native Americans will now be known as First Peoples Mountain, the…
Woman injured by Yellowstone bison still alive despite national reports
***UPDATE BY EASTIDAHONEWS.COM – By Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com – A woman gored and tossed into the air by a bison at Yellowstone National Park is still alive and has not passed away. NBC News reported Wednesday that the 25-year-old from…