Yellowstone News and Information

NEWS RELEASE U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Announces $22 Million for Transportation Improvements at Yellowstone National Park  National Park Service to receive grant under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to modernize roads and improve safety for drivers and pedestrians as part of $88.2 million investment package for five projects of national significance Grand Loop Road through Golden Gate at sunset. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  June 18, 2024 Contact:   Yellowstone National Park: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 Contact:   Federal Highway Administration , (202) 366-0660 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)  today announced a $22 million grant  to the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service to modernize and reconstruct a 0.7-mile segment of the Norris to Golden Gate roadway in Yellowstone National Park. The road is a crit...

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  NEWS RELEASE UPDATE: Northern portion of Yellowstone National Park likely to remain closed for a substantial length of time due to severely damaged, impacted infrastructure Condition of North Entrance Road between Gardiner, Montana, and Mammoth Hot Springs NPS / Doug Kraus Known damage   and issues Known damage (at this time) to some park roads includes: North Entrance (Gardiner, Montana) to Mammoth Hot Springs: road washed out in multiple places, significant rockslide at Gardner Canyon Tower Junction to Northeast Entrance: segment of road washed out near Soda Butte Picnic Area, mudslides, downed trees Tower-Roosevelt to Canyon Junction (Dunraven Pass): mudslide on road Canyon Junction to Fishing Bridge: Segment of road just south of Canyon Junction potentially compromised and closed for evaluation The power continues to be out in multiple locations in the park. Water and wastewater systems at Canyon Village and Mammoth Hot Springs are being impacted by flooding conditions a...

  News Release Yellowstone visitation statistics for July 2021 People exploring the Midway Geyser Basin boardwalks near Grand Prismatic NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: August 19, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone National Park hosted 1,080,767 recreation visits in July 2021, making it the most-visited July on record. This is a 13% increase from July 2020 (955,645 recreational visits) and a 15% increase from July 2019 (936,062 recreation visits). This July is also the most-visited month on record in Yellowstone’s history and the first time visitation exceeded 1 million visits in a single month.   So far in 2021, the park has hosted 2,668,765 recreation visits, up 16% from 2019. This year is compared to 2019 instead of 2020 because of COVID-19.     The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through July):   2021 –...

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