Yellowstone News and Information

Wardens Seek Wolf Poacher Near Yellowstone Just Across Wyoming Border

  NEWS RELEASE National Park Foundation and National Park Service Announce $40 Million Gift to Meet Urgent Need for Employee Housing at Yellowstone National Park Donation intended to accelerate philanthropic investment to support new employee housing across the national park system As the first phase of Goal 1 of Yellowstone's "Focus on the Core" strategic priority, the park is replacing outdated trailers with high-quality modular homes. NPS / Jacob W. Frank WASHINGTON -  The National Park Foundation (NPF) and National Park Service (NPS) today announced a $40 million gift to expand and improve NPS employee housing at Yellowstone, America’s first national park. The new investment made possible by donors who wish to remain anonymous will fund more than 70 new modular units to address the critical shortage of employee housing at the park. Affordable housing for employees in and near national parks is increasingly scarce and expensive, reflecting a trend impacting communities...

  NEWS RELEASE UPDATE: Public input sought on Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance Road Additional virtual public meetings scheduled March 1, March 6 Yellowstone flood event 2022: North Entrance Road washout NPS / Jacob W. Frank UPDATE: Public input sought on Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance Road Additional virtual public meetings scheduled March 1, March 6   MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering construction of a new permanent  North Entrance Road  in Yellowstone National Park. Goals for the new road include providing year-round access between Gardiner, Montana, and Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana, natural hazard resiliency and the protection of natural and cultural resources. Yellowstone invited the public to learn about and provide input on the North Entrance Road project by way of virtual public meetings on Feb. 12 and Feb. 14. Due to significant interest, ...

  NEWS RELEASE 116 Yellowstone bison transferred to Fort Peck Tribes Bison leaving Stephens Creek, headed to Fort Peck as part of the Bison Conservation Transfer Program NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  February 14, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – During the week of Feb. 5, the National Park Service (NPS) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) moved 116 Yellowstone National Park bison to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar, Montana. The  Bison Conservation Transfer Program  continues to make history, having relocated the largest number of live Yellowstone bison to American Indian Tribes in the world. The bison transferred to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation included 108 males, four females and four calves.   Since 2019, a total of 414 Yellowstone bison have been transferred to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes at Fort Peck. Nearly all of those bison and their offspring have then bee...

  Great American investments: National park projects accelerate with funding

Yellowstone Emits As Much Carbon Dioxide as an Erupting Volcano

NEWS RELEASE Public input sought on Yellowstone National Park’s North Entrance Road Virtual public meetings Feb. 12 and Feb. 14; 30-day public comment period begins Feb. 12 Yellowstone flood event 2022: North Entrance Road washout NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  February 2, 2024 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY –  The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering construction of a new permanent  North Entrance Road  in Yellowstone National Park. Goals for the new road include providing year-round access between Gardiner, Montana, and Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana, natural hazard resiliency and the protection of natural and cultural resources. Yellowstone invites the public to learn about and provide input on the North Entrance Road project by way of virtual public meetings on Feb. 12 and Feb. 14. A 30-day public comment period will also begin Feb. 12. Public input ...

Thar She Blows! Dormant Geyser In Yellowstone Erupts For First Time in 25 Years

  Memorable moose encounter in Yellowstone snow

The Mt. Washburn hike in Yellowstone National Park with kids 

Call of the Mild :  With regional snowpack at record lows and average temperatures well above normal, h ow are local wildlife coping with the unusual winter?  

Horsepackers ride 240 miles through Yellowstone National Park

  The Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 4: Mike Finley

  The mystery of the Fountain Hotel in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone's Seismic Activity In 2023: 1,600 Earthquakes, World's Largest Geyser Slowing Down

Discovering Yellowstone National Park beyond Old Faithful 

  Beyond the beauty: Yellowstone’s emergency wastewater system chugs along

Low snow year: Yellowstone National Park temporarily closes some roads to snowmobiling

Wolf hunt ending near Yellowstone National Park

  Pierce Brosnan cited for off-trail hiking in  Yellowstone National Park

Zombie Deer Disease a 'Slow Moving Disaster' for Humans, Scientists Warn

 In Yellowstone, Santa Ditches Reindeer For Vintage Touring Bus

  A Fascinating Journey through Yellowstone National Park

  Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts

Yellowstone's backcountry cabins, a link to park's history, still providing shelter in a storm

  NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone National Park's winter season begins Dec. 15, 2023 Top things for visitors to know about a winter visit Snowcoach along the Madison River with bison NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date:  December 13, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park’s winter season begins Friday, Dec. 15. Annually from mid-December until mid-March, visitors can travel most of the park’s roads from the West, South, East and North entrances by approved  commercially guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches  and via the  non-commercially guided snowmobile access program . Currently, there is limited snowfall on roads in the eastern, western and northern parts of the park. This means that visitors will be able to travel in the park, however, the type of transportation used on park roads by commercially guided snowmobile or snowcoach tour companies will depend on road conditions. Throughout the winter seas...

  Wyoming History: How The Three Stooges Got Their Last Laugh At Yellowstone

  NEWS RELEASE Grand Teton National Park announces change to backcountry camping permits NPS Photo/ D. Lehle News Release Date:  November 28, 2023 Contact:  Valerie Gohlke, 307-739-3393 Contact:  C.J. Adams, 307-739-3431 MOOSE, Wyo.  – Effective January 10, 2024, Grand Teton National Park will change the backcountry camping permit fee to $20, plus a $7 per person, per night fee to camp overnight in the backcountry. Grand Teton began charging for backcountry permits in 2014 and last modified the fees in 2018.  Approximately 30% of backcountry camping permits will be available on  Recreation.gov  for advanced reservations beginning January 10, 2024, at 8 a.m. MST for the 2024 camping season which runs May 1 through October 31. Starting May 1, 2024, the remaining 70% of backcountry camping permits will be available one day before the start of the trip as “walk-up” permits and must be obtained in-person at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor C...

Wyoming History: Yellowstone’s Place In The Last Stand Of The Nez Perce Almost Lost To History

Look for these animals in the snow at Yellowstone this winter

Montana unveils first wolf management plan update in 20 years  

  NEWS RELEASE Mule deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease in Yellowstone National Park Mule deer buck NPS / Neal Herbert   |  News Release Date:  November 14, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , 307-344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) recently confirmed the presence of  chronic wasting disease  (CWD) in the carcass of an adult mule deer buck found near Yellowstone Lake in the southeastern section of the park. This is the first confirmed positive detection of the disease in Yellowstone National Park. The  mule deer  buck was originally captured by WGFD staff near Cody, Wyoming, in March 2023 as part of a population dynamics study and fitted with a GPS collar. The collar signaled the animal died mid-October 2023. In coordination with Yellowstone staff, WGFD located the carcass on the Promontory, a landmass that separates the South and Southeast arms of Yellowst...

The Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 3: Suzanne Lewis

  Group sues in attempt to block Absaroka-Beartooth trout poisoning, restoration project

  Yellowstone, Montana Officials Disagree on Bison Management

  Saving an ecosystem: How conservationists are protecting Whitebark Pine trees in Yellowstone National Park

  NEWS RELEASE Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2023 Hikers cross the Hellroaring Creek Bridge NPS / Jacob W. Frank Subscribe    |  What is RSS News Release Date:  November 9, 2023 Contact:   Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 299,127 recreation visits in October 2023. This is a 26% increase from October 2022 (236,567 recreational visits). It is also a 75% increase from October 2019* (171,339 recreational visits) when several short-term, weather-related road closures likely impacted visitation.   So far in 2023, the park has hosted 4,446,509 recreation visits, up 37% from 2022 (3,241,761 recreation visits), and up 12% from 2019 (3,979,154 recreation visits). The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through October):    2023 – 4,446,509 2022 – 3,241,761  (The park was closed June 13 through June 21. Three entrances opened on Ju...

The Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 2: Dan Wenk

The Past 30 Years in Yellowstone, Part 1: Cameron Sholly

Ferdinand Hayden And The Founding Of Yellowstone National Park By  Yellowstone Volcano Observatory   October 30, 2023 Geologist Ferdinand Hayden directed the first scientific exploration of Yellowstone in 1871, leading directly to the founding of the world’s first national park in the following year. Hayden’s noteworthy achievements in science and conservation, however, are clouded by his views of indigenous people.     Yellowstone  Caldera  Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cole Messa, Ph.D. student, and Ken Sims, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, both at the University of Wyoming. Yellowstone—the " land of the burning ground "—has been known to indigenous people for at least 11,000 years. In fact, in 1805 the  governor of Louisiana Territory described a map drawn on a bison hide by an indigenous American showing a “volcano” on the Yell...