Yellowstone News and Information

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NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone backcountry permits available online in 2022        Hanging food on a food pole at campsite        NPS/Neal Herbert News Release Date:  January 26, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning spring 2022, visitors will be able to make advance online reservations for backcountry permits at  Recreation.gov . The new system is a direct response to public requests for an online backcountry permit reservation system and prompted a collaborative effort between the National Park Service (NPS) and  Recreation.gov . Moving to an online system allows backcountry users to check availability in real time and receive instant confirmation when reserving a trip. The ability to make advance reservations will enable visitors to plan their trips ahead of time and provide assurance they will have a permit for their chosen itinerary upon arrival. It will enrich the visitor experience by eliminating uncertainty and frustration and improve saf

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Yellowstone Is Turning 150 — Here's How You Can Celebrate the Park and Learn More About Its Indigenous Roots  

  Yellowstone’s shattered visitation record in ‘21? It’s complicated

NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone 2021 visitation statistics Cars coming through the East Entrance                NPS / Jacob W. Frank Release Date: January 21, 2022                            Contact: Morgan Warthin, (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 4,860,537 recreation visits in 2021, up 28% from 2020 (3,806,306 visits), making it the busiest year on record. In 2021, visitation for May, June, July, August, and September were the busiest on record. July was also the most-visited month on record in Yellowstone’s history and the first time visitation exceeded 1 million visits in a single month. The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years: 2021 - 4,860,537 2020 - 3,806,306* 2019 - 4,020,288 2018 - 4,115,000 2017 - 4,116,524 2016 - 4,257,177 Although the park accurately counted 4.86 million visits in 2021, a close analysis of visitor use data shows that over 350,000 vehicles re-entered the park in 2021 compared to 2019 (befo

  Enzyme Discovered In Yellowstone Aids Groundbreaking DNA Research “And I think the really important thing that I realized, and I think it’s what motivates a lot of people in science, is that I knew I was the first person in the world to ever see this . . . . Nobody else had. I still get goosebumps. You just realize that God has given you the permission to see what’s on the other side.” Hudson Freeze, commenting on his discovery at Yellowstone in  1966, as a young undergraduate student from Indiana University’s honors program

  Gray Wolves are being killed at a rapid rate after they leave Yellowstone, with the entire pack being killed.

  National parks and Wild West towns: great day trips from Jackson Hole

  Bison from Yellowstone National Park coming to tribal lands in Oklahoma, Washington

A Glitzy Bozeman Hotel Is Helping Travelers See Yellowstone’s Rare Wolves This Winter  

  Scrapbook, photos paint vivid picture of Vera Theiler’s time at Yellowstone National Park

Ask Dr. Universe: Why do bacteria in the Yellowstone hot springs make the water different colors?  

  Buffalo Bill Exhibit Shows What Lies On Bottom Of Yellowstone Lake

  56 Bison transferred from Fort Peck to tribal lands

15 wolves killed north of Yellowstone so far this season

Up to 900 bison at Yellowstone National Park to be killed or relocated this winter

  Montana could soon allow grizzly bear hunting for first time in decades

  News Release Yellowstone's winter season begins Dec. 15, 2021; Top 10 things to know for a winter visit Posing with a snowcoach NPS / Jacob W. Frank Subscribe | What is RSS News Release Date: December 14, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The winter season begins in Yellowstone National Park Wednesday, Dec. 15, and most park roads will open to oversnow vehicles. Due to limited snow, travel will be restricted to snowcoaches until conditions improve. Annually from mid-December until mid-March, visitors travel most of the park’s roads by commercially guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches , and via the non-commercially guided snowmobile program . Top 10 Things to Know in Winter 1. Most Park Roads are Closed to Automobile Check the road status map before you leave.  The only exception is the road between the North and Northeast entrances, which is open to automobiles all year, conditions permitting. Drive

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