Yellowstone News and Information

  Second visitor in three days gored by bison in Yellowstone National Park          A bison grazing along Pelican Creek (this photo is not of the specific incident detailed below).         NPS / Jacob W. Frank Incident details A 71-year-old woman from West Chester, Pennsylvania, was gored by a bull bison near Storm Point at Yellowstone Lake on Wednesday, June 29.  The woman and her daughter inadvertently approached the bison as they were returning to their vehicle at the trailhead, causing the bull bison to charge. The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries after the encounter and was transported by ambulance to West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming. This incident remains under investigation, and there is no additional information to share.   This is the  third  reported bison and visitor incident in 2022. On  May 30 , a woman approached a bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, and a man approached a bison near a boardwalk at Giant Geyser on  June 28 . How to view wildlife sa

  Woman injured by bison in Yellowstone National Park flown to hospital