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Visitation was two percent higher than last September. Overall year-to-date visitation is five percent higher than in 2023.
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The highway typically closes in mid-October with winter weather conditions atop the nearly 11,000 foot pass. This year it’s closing a few days later than last year.
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A group of 16 young people from the Wind River Reservation spent a weekend in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks at the start of September. They were with Indigenous Youth Voices, a group focused on empowering young people through experimental education and building connections to ancestral and traditional culture.
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Blue bears, purple moose and brightly-colored geometric shapes. This is the way artist DG House sees the animals and landscapes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and how she brings them to life in her paintings. An enrolled member of the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, House has been part of the Indigenous Arts and Cultural Demonstration residency program at Grand Teton National Park for decades.
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Yellowstone National Park has released body camera footage from the 4th of July shooting in Canyon Village. The incident left one officer injured and 28-year-old Samson Lucas Fussner dead.
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The park reports the woman was walking with her husband and leashed dog near Mallard Lake Trailhead at Old Faithful when she broke through a thin crust over scalding water. She reportedly suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg.
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So far this year, nearly 3.5 million recreational visits have been recorded, up 6 percent over 2023 and down 3 percent from 2021.
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As of Monday, anglers can fish the Firehole River and its tributaries from sunrise to sunset. This summer some rivers and streams in the park were partially closed to fly fishing due to warm water temperatures and low flows.
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Fishing is now permitted on the Madison and Gibbon rivers and their tributaries. The Firehole River and its associated tributaries will be closed to fishing daily from 2 p.m. to sunrise.
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During the rut, bull elk can be more aggressive and unpredictable towards park visitors.