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  Yellowstone Winterkeeper Bids Adieu To Final Weeks Of Autumn

  News Release Collaborative project over 10 years in the making will remove final impediment to native fish migration in Spread Creek Migratory native cutthroat trout rescued during an annual interagency fish salvage from the Spread Creek irrigation ditch system. News Release Date: November 12, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 Contact: Leslie Steen , 307-699-1022 JACKSON, Wyoming – Trout Unlimited (TU), Grand Teton National Park (GTNP), Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF), and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) announced today that construction to complete Phase 2 of the Spread Creek Fish Passage Project has started. Many years in the making, the project is a large-scale collaborative effort that will prevent future losses of migratory cutthroat trout and other native fish by installing a fish screen on the Spread Creek irrigation system. It will also make much-needed improvements to stabilize the diversion structure and channel

  News Release Yellowstone visitation statistics for October 2021 A group watches and photographs a Beehive Geyser eruption NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: November 10, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The park hosted 316,662 recreation visits in October 2021, down 12% from October 2020 (359,889 visits), which was the busiest October on record. Recreation visits this October were up 85% from October 2019 (171,339 visits). Several short-term, weather-related road closures likely impacted visitation in 2019. So far in 2021, the park has hosted 4,789,644 recreation visits, up 28% from the same period last year, and up 20% from 2019.   The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through October): 2021 – 4,789,644 2020 – 3,753,531* 2019 – 3,979,154 2018 – 4,078,771 2017 – 4,084,762 2016 – 4,212,782 Affected areas: developed corridors Yellowstone&#

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  News Release Yellowstone National Park seeks public comments on revised Commercial Use Authorization plans Roosevelt Arch fall sunrise NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: November 9, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park asks for public comment on revised Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) and service-related operating plans that will guide commercial services in the park for the next five years.   The purpose of these revisions is to update the existing CUA and operating plans , last approved in 2013. These revisions would improve the CUA program's consistency with federal laws, policies and guidelines, and accommodate changing visitor needs and interests. The park would begin operating under this new plan beginning January 1, 2022.   The revised plans would affect both existing and potential CUA holders, and includes the following updates:   Activity-based CUAs: Bicycling Tours

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  News Release Elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 6 Date: November 2, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 MOOSE, WY— An elk reduction program begins Saturday, November 6, in Grand Teton National Park. The park’s enabling legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department when necessary for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.   Respective federal and state resource managers have reviewed available data and concluded that the 2021 program is necessary. The need for the program is determined annually and is based on the status of the Jackson Elk Herd, including estimated herd size and composition and the number of elk on supplemental feed on the National Elk Refuge. A total of 400 permits are authorized for the 2021 program. The only area open to the elk reduction program is Wyoming Game and Fish Elk Hunt Area 75, l

  News Release Nearly all entrances and roads close in Yellowstone National Park Monday, November 8, 2021 A coyote sits in the middle of the park road NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: November 1, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – This weekend, November 6-7, provides the last chance for visitors to drive to many iconic locations in Yellowstone. The West, South and East entrances and all roads, with one exception, will close to vehicle travel at 12:01 a.m. Monday, November 8. The park annually closes roads in early November to prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which will begin Wednesday, December 15. The one exception is the road from the park’s North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, through Mammoth Hot Springs to the Northeast Entrance and communities of Cooke City and Silver Gate, Montana. This road is open all year, weather-permitting. Travel east of Cooke City is no

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  News Release Body of missing 26-year-old Texas man located in Grand Teton Date: October 24, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 MOOSE, WY— Search teams located the body of missing 26-year-old Texas man Jared Hembree today in Grand Teton National Park. His body was found near Uhl Hill in the eastern part of the park. Rangers arrived to the scene and recovered Hembree’s remains. The National Park Service and Teton County Sherriff’s Office are conducting an investigation into what occurred. A search was initiated Thursday, October 21, after park law enforcement received a call expressing concern about Hembree’s welfare after an interaction with him outside of the park’s eastern boundary. Hembree’s vehicle was located unattended at Game Warden Point parking area in the eastern part of the park. The four-day intensive search involved over eighty members. Grand Teton park staff, members of Teton County Sherriff’s Office (TCSO), members of Teton Coun

  News Release Grand Teton surpassed park’s busiest full year in September Park actively working to better understand changing visitation NPS Photo/J. Bonney News Release Date: October 20, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 MOOSE, WY— Grand Teton National Park hosted 3,493,937 recreation visits between January and September 2021, already surpassing the park’s busiest full year on record with three months to go in 2021. Previously, 2018 had the record for most recreation visits in a year with 3,491,151 visits. Of the past nine months, six have been record setting for visitation. Some of the largest increases in recreation visits occurred during the shoulder season, including the months of March, April, and May. Summer visitation (June, July, August) also increased with July 2021 recording the busiest month for recreation visits in Grand Teton’s history. The park has also seen increases in trail use. During the 2021 summer, trail use increase

  News Release Highly food conditioned grizzly bear euthanized Public can help save bears by properly securing attractants Date: October 19, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 MOOSE, WY— For public safety, Grand Teton National Park officials, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, euthanized a highly food-conditioned, four-year-old female grizzly bear on Saturday, October 16. This action was taken after the bear received numerous food rewards from unsecured sources, causing it to exhibit increasingly bold behavior. This behavior caused the bear to pose a threat to human safety and therefore it was removed from the population. Over the course of two years, the grizzly received multiple food rewards and demonstrated escalating conflict behavior. In October of 2020, the bear accessed numerous unsecured attractants at a private residence south of the park. During the fall of 2021, the grizzly

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  News Release Yellowstone National Park seeks comments on winter use adaptive management adjustments Sun shining through the trees on Grand Loop Road in winter. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 18, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – The National Park Service (NPS) encourages public comment on a proposal to suspend one component of the adaptive monitoring plan for winter use, which was initially put in place to evaluate effects to resources in relation to snowmobiles and Oversnow Vehicles (OSV) use. Starting in the winter of 2021 and 2022, a wildlife monitoring effort identified in the 2012-2013 Winter Use Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)/Record of Decision (ROD) would be suspended given the results have not substantially changed over the decade evaluated. This action would not affect snowmobile or OSV use in the park or impact visitors. This action is also consistent wi

  News Release Update: Yellowstone adjusts September 2021 visitation statistics; up by 9,383 visits Park exceeds 2016 year-to-date visits Crowds gather for an afternoon Old Faithful geyser eruption in September 2021. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 14, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015   10/14/21 Update: Yellowstone adjusts September 2021 visitation statistics; up by 9,383 visits MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - An adjustment to Yellowstone's visitation press release from October 13 should reflect an increase of 9,383 visits. The park accidentally undercounted recreation-visit numbers from one entrance station. With this adjustment, the park hosted  882,078  (instead of  872,695 previously reported ) recreation visits in September 2021. This is a  5%  (instead of  4% previously reported ) increase from September 2020 and a  27%  (instead of  26% previously reported ) increase from September 2019. This is the busiest Septemb

  News Release Grand Teton National Park law enforcement rangers begin use of body-worn cameras Date: October 15, 2021 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 MOOSE, WY— Grand Teton National Park law enforcement rangers have reinstituted the use of body-worn cameras in the park as part of a National Park Service-wide initiative to meet the professional standards of modern policing. “The use of body-worn cameras by our law enforcement rangers demonstrates our commitment to responsible public service and brings our Grand Teton National Park law enforcement program in line with local law enforcement agencies who are currently using body-worn cameras,” said Chief Ranger Erika Jostad. Only commissioned law enforcement rangers will use body-worn cameras and only to gather information during law enforcement contacts to enhance accountability and transparency, collect evidence and document law enforcement actions. Cameras will not be activated during informational

  News Release Yellowstone visitation statistics for September 2021 Park exceeds 2016 year-to-date visits Crowds gather for an afternoon Old Faithful geyser eruption in September 2021. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 13, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park hosted 872,695 recreation visits in September 2021. This is a 4% increase from September 2020 (837,114 recreation visits) and a 26% increase from September 2019 (693,118 recreation visits). This is the busiest September on record and the first time the park hosted over 4 million visits year-to-date. So far in 2021, the park has hosted 4,463,599 recreation visits, up 32% from the same period last year, and up 17% from 2019. The list below shows the year-to-date trend for recreation visits over the last several years (through September): 2021 – 4,463,599 2020 – 3,393,642 *    2019 – 3,807,815 2018 – 3,860,695 2017

  News provided by Cushing Terrell Oct 13, 2021, 11:42 ET SEATTLE , Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurricanes, wildfires, and severe winter storms have demonstrated the precarious nature of our energy infrastructure and the critical need to rethink our energy sources and delivery methods. Knowing the need for fast-tracked solutions, members of Cushing Terrell's Infrastructure Group, Alan and Nathan Bronec , father and son electrical engineers, brought their expertise on microgrids and renewable energy integration to this year's Greenbuild conference which took place last month. Their presentation, "Don't Be Left in the Dark: How Microgrids Make Reliable, Onsite Renewable Energy Possible," will be part of the on-demand series of presentations available for attendees.  Lamar Buffalo Ranch is a remote site in Yellowstone National Park that is 100% off-grid. Cushing Terrell designed a micro-hydroelectric turbine and c

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  News Release Yellowstone National Park scales back search and recovery of Shoshone Lake canoer   East shore of Shoshone Lake. NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 8, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 10/8 Update:  Yellowstone National Park scales back search and recovery of Shoshone Lake canoer MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park has begun scaling back search and recovery efforts for Kim Crumbo. The search for 74-year-old Crumbo from Ogden, Utah, has continued for nearly three weeks using helicopters, boats, sonar technology and ground crews. Current weather forecasts call for deteriorating conditions over the upcoming week, including snow and freezing temperatures. The park will continue limited search efforts as long as conditions allow this year.   Crumbo and his brother Mark O’Neill, from Chimacum, Washington, were reported overdue by a family member Sunday, Sept. 19 from their four-night backcountry t

  News Release Illinois woman charged in Yellowstone case involving a grizzly receives four days in federal custody and fines Grizzly sow & yearling cub, Roaring Mountain NPS / Neal Herbert News Release Date: October 7, 2021 Contact: Lori Hogan (Contractor), United States Attorney Spokesman , 307-772-2124 Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that SAMANTHA R DEHRING , age 25 of Carol Stream, Illinois, pleaded guilty to willfully remaining, approaching, and photographing wildlife within 100 yards. The other count, feeding, touching, teasing, frightening, or intentionally disturbing wildlife, was dismissed. Dehring appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming on October 6, 2021, for her change of plea and sentencing hearing. She was sentenced to four days in custody, one-year unsupervised probation, and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, a $1,000 community service payment to Yellowstone Forever

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  News Release Section of Beartooth Highway to close Thursday, October 7; Inclement weather expected Fall in the Beartooth Mountains NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: October 6, 2021 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 The Beartooth Highway (US-212) between the Long Lake barricade, near the Top of the World store, and the Montana/Wyoming state line will close for the season on Thursday, October 7, 2021, at 8 a.m. Ice and snow is in the forecast and hazardous driving conditions are expected.   This section of the Beartooth Highway was scheduled to close on October 12 at 8 a.m, Travel east of Cooke City, Montana ( Yellowstone’s Northeast Entrance ), to Chief Joseph Scenic Byway is possible until early November. For road status, visit MT DOT and WY DOT.