Yellowstone News and Information

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  Roads in Yellowstone close for 2022 spring plowing News Release Date:  March 7, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Roads in Yellowstone National Park began closing to oversnow travel March 6.  Spring plowing  operations have begun and will continue as additional segments of roads close. All oversnow travel will end for the season March 15 at 9 p.m. Weather-permitting, some  park roads  will reopen to automobile travel April 15 at 8 a.m. Road closure dates (gates close at 9 p.m.) March 6: Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris March 8: Norris to Madison, Norris to Canyon Village March 13: Canyon Village to Fishing Bridge March 15: all remaining groomed roads   Visitor services closure dates The Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel and Cabins, and its Gift Shop, Ski Shop, and food services, have closed for the winter season. The Mammoth Campground, Yellowstone General Store, Post Office, Medical Clinic, and self-serve fuel pumps stay open all year.    At Old Faithful

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  Old Beauty: How Yellowstone Became the World's First National Park 

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Registration Open for Yellowstone Conference Co-Hosted by UW Libraries, MSU Library February 18, 2022 Dayton Duncan Registration is now open for the 2022 “ Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone ” conference, which will be co-hosted by University of Wyoming Libraries and the Montana State University (MSU) Library. “Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone” will take place Sunday-Wednesday, June 5-8, at MSU in Bozeman, Mont. The conference coincides with the 150th anniversary of the creation of Yellowstone National Park. The first “Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone” conference was held in 2019 in Cody. Scholars, educators, private collectors, museum curators, librarians, archivists and members of the public are invited to the conference to explore aspects of collecting documentation about the park and its greater ecosystem, including objects, documents, stories, data and representations, and to look to the changing nature of collecting and curating these materials. “This ‘Collecti

Historic memories of 150 year old Yellowstone National Park

NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone to improve telecommunications systems in developed areas North Entrance sunset after a winter storm                                                                  NPS / Jacob W. Frank Contact: Morgan Warthin, (307)344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service (NPS) signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for an environmental assessment (EA) to improve telecommunications systems in the developed areas of Yellowstone National Park. The FONSI was approved in 2021. Although the environmental review process was completed last year, the park continued to evaluate other impacts and needs of this significant project prior to implementation. The selected action described in the FONSI allows for the installation of 187 miles of fiber optic cable in previously disturbed areas along park roads. Work by the applicant, Diamond Communications LLC, is not authorized to begin until a right-of-way (ROW) permit is approved and issued. The park is evalua

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Yellowstone National Park holds meetings on bison plan update

  Yellowstone Poster Exhibition To Be on View at UW’s Coe Library

After high-profile disappearances, lawmaker wants federal fix to Yellowstone's "zone of death" legal loophole

  ‘No better troops.’ The 1896 ride of the Buffalo Soldiers through Yellowstone National Park

  NEWS RELEASE Advance reservations available in February for Yellowstone National Park visitors at additional campgrounds Campsite at Lewis Lake Campground NPS / Neal Herbert News Release Date:  February 2, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , 307-344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning Feb.14, 2022, visitors will be able to make advance reservations for additional campgrounds in Yellowstone National Park on  Recreation.gov . The new system is a direct response to public requests for a reservation system at park campgrounds and prompted a collaborative effort between the National Park Service (NPS) and  Recreation.gov .   New Reservation Campgrounds 2022 Season Dates Details Indian Creek June 10-Sept.11 100% reservations (70 sites) Lewis Lake June 15-Oct.14 100% reservations (84 sites) Starting in 2022, the campground will close Oct.15 Pebble Creek June 15-Sept.25 100% reservations (remaining 11 sites that were first-come, first-served in 2021)   Reservations will go live on  Recreat

  NEWS RELEASE National Park Service begins Environmental Impact Statement for bison management at Yellowstone National Park and 30-day public comment period       Bison and Electric Peak sunrise       NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  January 31, 2022 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , 307-344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Bison Management Plan at Yellowstone National Park Friday, Jan. 28. With this announcement, the NPS introduces a broad range of actions for managing bison inside the park. This plan allows the NPS to evaluate bison management based on new scientific information and changed circumstances, explore ways to reduce bison being sent to slaughter, and to continue working closely with Tribal Nations and agency partners in management. The EIS will also consider the bison management actions likely to occur on lands outside the park in Montana, while acknowled

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