Yellowstone National Park

In Wyoming’s Beartooth Mountains, scientists are studying ice that has survived for thousands of years — and what could help some patches persist as the climate warms.

National reporting indicates the federal government spent more than $60 million in park entrance fees on work like repairing ornamental fountains and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. At the same time, the Trump administration has canceled or delayed around 1,500 projects in national parks, including 16 in Glacier National Park and 45 in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park closes most roads and three main entrances on Nov. 1 for the winter.

The $105-million donation is the largest in National Park Service history. It came from the largest data-center backer in the world.

Skeptics question the energy company’s data center ties, but the former superintendent takes the $105M in good faith.

Yellowstone National Park September visitation increased 3% compared to 2025.

The Treasure State wanted to see fewer bison in the park. The National Park Service is already working on an update to the 2024 plan.

Grand Teton, Yellowstone and other national parks saw visitation numbers back at pre-pandemic highs this summer. At the most popular parks, visitors had to navigate long lines, noise, packed parking lots and throngs of other tourists.

Cam Sholly is taking a new job with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Fishing restrictions on the Firehole, Madison and Gibbon rivers were initially implemented in July due to low water levels and high temperatures.