Yellowstone Opens Lottery
Yellowstone Opens Lottery for Non-commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program Beginning Friday, September 1, Yellowstone will accept applications to the 2017-2018 winter season lottery for permits to snowmobile in the park without the presence of a commercial guide. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Tourism to Yellowstone
Tourism to Yellowstone Creates $647.1 Million in Economic Benefits Report Shows Visitor Spending Supports 7,089 Jobs in Local Economy A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4.1 million visitors to Yellowstone in 2018 spent $512.6 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,089 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $647.1 million. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Weather-permitting
Weather-permitting, Dunraven Pass to open Friday, May 24 Tower Fall to Canyon Junction (Dunraven Pass) will open Friday, May 24, at 8 a.m., weather dependent. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Visiting Yellowstone National Park
Visiting Yellowstone National Park this summer? Come prepared. Take the pledge. Protect the park. If you plan to travel to Yellowstone National Park this summer, come prepared so you can protect yourself and this wild and awe-inspiring place. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Warning: Yellowstone Elk
Warning: Yellowstone Elk with Calves are Extremely Dangerous Elk calving has begun! Cow elk are much more aggressive towards people during the calving season and may charge or kick. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Yellowstone Announcements
Yellowstone Announces Strategic Priorities Yellowstone is releasing a series of major strategic priorities that will guide short and long-term decision making over the upcoming years. The priorities focus heavily on the parks team and organization, strengthening the condition of the Yellowstone ecosystem, improving visitor experience, investing in infrastructure, and expanding partnerships and coalitions. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Yellowstone Seeks Comments
Yellowstone Seeks Comments on Proposed Development of Seasonal Housing for Park Concessionaires The National Park Service seeks public comment on an Environmental Assessment to allow park concessionaires, Xanterra and Delaware North, to develop seasonal housing for their employees in Yellowstone National Park at Canyon Village and the West Entrance. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Honk! If a bear comes near your car
Honk! If A Bear Comes Near Your Car If a bear approaches or touches your car, honk your horn and drive away to discourage this behavior. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Weather-permitting, South Entrance
Weather-permitting, South Entrance & Select Roads open Friday, May 10 Weather-permitting, South Entrance & select roads open Friday, May 10. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS
Biologists set to begin
Biologists Set to Begin Grizzly Bear Captures for Research Purposes in Yellowstone National Park; Public Reminded to Heed Warning Signs As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Yellowstone National Park and the USGS would like to inform the public that biologists with the National Park Service and Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) will be conducting scientific grizzly bear research operations in Yellowstone National Park from May 13 through July 31. Read more here >> Yellowstone National Park NEWS