Yellowstone News and Information

  NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone National Park expands access to allow for year-round fishing in two locations Public invited to join a virtual Native Fish Conservation Program update April 30 Fall fishing on the Madison River at sunrise NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  April 4, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Beginning Nov. 1, 2024, Yellowstone National Park will expand fishing access by allowing for  year-round fishing  opportunities at two locations in the park. These two locations are:   Madison River  ( see map ): The Madison River from the Wyoming/Montana state line downstream to the park boundary near the West Entrance in West Yellowstone, Montana. Gardner River  ( see map ): The Gardner River from Osprey Falls downstream to the confluence with the Yellowstone River near the North Entrance in Gardiner, Montana. Other fishing areas in the park will continue to be available during the standard fishing season, which is from the Saturday o

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  Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, to close Aug.16-17 to foot and bicycle traffic News Release Date:  August 15, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 A 1-mile stretch of road currently open only to foot and bicycle traffic at Yellowstone National Park’s  North Entrance  in Gardiner, Montana, will close Aug.16-17 as crews remove a piece of heavy equipment currently in Gardner Canyon. This closure will include a quarter mile on either side of the roadway and a section of the Gardner River. Anglers who want to fish the Gardner River may do so from the confluence with the Yellowstone River to the section of the Gardner River located directly east of the North Entrance station. On Aug.18, access will be available again by bicycle (on paved roadways) and foot through the North Entrance to fish and hike in areas not identified as closed. The closure may be lifted earlier if the work is completed ahead of schedule. Visitors are reminded that the North

Statement from Yellowstone National Park Lead Fisheries Biologist Todd Koel about Montana FWP’s announcement of the smallmouth bass found in the Gardner River, north of Yellowstone National Park                     Smallmouth bass                         USFWS / Eric Engbretson News Release Date:  March 9, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 “Smallmouth bass are an invasive predatory species that will threaten our wild and native trout populations if they become established in the upper Yellowstone River. Since anglers are highly effective at suppressing invasive fish in waters where they coexist with native species such as cutthroat trout, they will be required to kill and report any smallmouth bass caught in Yellowstone National Park when the fishing season opens Memorial Day weekend. Additionally, Yellowstone National Park and USGS biologists will be sampling the Gardner and Yellowstone rivers, upstream of where the invasive smallmouth bass was caught. Over the next few