Yellowstone

The resolution to hand over wide swaths of public land failed after a bumpy ride in the Senate.

Calls for more protections for grizzlies on roads come after world-famous bear 399 was struck by a car in Wyoming.

Those tourism dollars often help keep local economies running, but there’s also major stresses on infrastructure that is not built to withstand the crowds.

The states recently relocated two bears in an effort to strengthen the Yellowstone population’s bloodlines. Experts say this move has a lot to do with politics and less to do with science.

A new social media tool aims to help visitors to Jackson, Wyoming, stay a safe distance away from wildlife, and there’s already interest from other parts of our region.

Overall, park visitation is up seven percent from last year. 2023 was the park’s second busiest year. The busiest year ever was in 2021 with close to five million visitors.

There have been over 40 homicides in national parks over the last decade. And experts say accidents happen all the time, especially in the water.

According to a new study, many researchers in western national parks fail to factor in the historic impact of gray wolves. Losing the species led to big spikes in elk and deer populations, which have overgrazed entire ecosystems.

Hundreds of tribal members and others congregated just outside Yellowstone National Park for a ceremony this week to celebrate the recent birth of the rare bison. They say it fulfills a prophecy that goes back two millennia.

May visitation was up 15 percent from last year and 10 percent above 2021 numbers.