Yellowstone National Park's East Entrance To Open Friday
The East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park will open for the season Friday as originally scheduled, according to park officials.
- By NPT Staff - May 2nd, 2013 10:51am
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National Parks Traveler's Essential Friends + Gateways
Traveler's 2nd Annual Essential Friends + Gateways publication, a collaboration between the Traveler and a core group of national park foundations, cooperating associations, trusts, friends groups, and gateway communities, is aimed at enhancing and furthering the now nationally significant role of these organizations and entities in the preservation and enjoyment of our parks.
- By NPT Staff - May 1st, 2013 4:03am
Snowplows From Wyoming, National Park Service, Bust Through Drifts In Yellowstone National Park
It wasn't exactly like the meeting of the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit in 1869, but there still was plenty of celebrating when snowplows from the state of Wyoming and the National Park Service met near Grant Village.
- By NPT Staff - April 30th, 2013 3:03am
Black Sand Basin Access In Yellowstone National Park Temporarily Closed For Boardwalk Repairs
Access to Yellowstone National Park’s Black Sand Basin will be temporarily closed until at least the Memorial Day weekend while maintenance crews replace and reroute a section of boardwalk that has been damaged by the area’s thermal features.
- By NPT Staff - April 21st, 2013 3:03am
Yellowstone Park Foundation Provides $600,000 To National Park For Projects
Sequestration. Budget cuts. Tough times for America’s most cherished places – its national parks. For Yellowstone National Park, a bit of relief from the fiscal hard times is coming from the Yellowstone Park Foundation, which is underwriting $600,000 worth of projects in the park this year.
- By NPT Staff - April 18th, 2013 3:03am
More Roads In Yellowstone National Park To Open Friday
More wheeled access will be possible in Yellowstone National Park this Friday -- barring a major snowstorm -- as the routes from Mammoth Hot Springs and West Yellowstone, Montana, to Old Faithful are scheduled to open.
- By NPT Staff - April 18th, 2013 3:03am
Annual Gray Wolf Report For Northern Rockies Shows Slight Decrease In Overall Population, Increase In Packs
Wolf numbers in the northern Rocky Mountain states of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and parts of Washington and Oregon at the end of 2012 showed only a slight decrease from a year earlier, though the number of packs increased, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Yellowstone National Park's Preferred Winter-Use Plan Open For Public Comment
A preferred winter-use plan for Yellowstone National Park that is crafted around "transportation events" and which could allow more than twice as many snowmobiles into the park on a given day than has been experienced in recent years is open for public comment.
- By NPT Staff - April 16th, 2013 1:16pm
Yes, The Sequestration Has Hit The National Parks. But They're Still Open And Still Spectacular!
Yes, our national parks are grappling with the loss of millions of dollars due to the failure of Congress and the Obama administration to treat the country's ailing fiscal condition, but they're still open, and still spectacular places to explore.
Bicyclists Have Freedom To Ride In Yellowstone National Park
If you're looking for an incredible bike ride in the national parks, head to Yellowstone National Park now, when you can pedal between West Yellowstone, Montana, and Mammoth Hot Springs without sharing the road with private vehicles.
- By NPT Staff - April 11th, 2013 3:03am
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