Yellowstone National Park

Though It Has An Explosive History, The Yellowstone Hotspot Might Be Waning

Recent earthquakes swarms in Yellowstone National Park and continued eruptions of Steamboat Geyser are proof that the park still is seismically active, though a new study suggests that the "hot spot" that fuels Yellowstone's geothermal fury has been in a "significant decline" for quite some time.

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By NPT Staff - June 5th, 2020 1:45am

So Far, No Yellowstone National Park Employees Testing Positive For Covid-19

At the end of nearly two weeks since the park reopened, no Yellowstone National Park employee had tested positive for Covid-19, according to the park.

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By NPT Staff - June 4th, 2020 4:26pm

Xanterra Announces Reopening Schedule For National Park Lodges

Most national park lodges operated by Xanterra Travel Collection are scheduled to reopen by June 15, with one at Grand Canyon National Park reopening Friday.

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By NPT Staff - June 1st, 2020 6:53pm

Limited Lodging Returning To Yellowstone National Park

Limited lodging is scheduled to return to Yellowstone National Park on Monday, with the possibility of more rooms becoming available later this summer.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 30th, 2020 6:52pm

Yellowstone Reopens Comment Period On Proposal To Expand WiFi Coverage

Additional public comment is being taken through June 10 by Yellowstone National Park staff on a proposal to install more than 500 antennas ranging in size from 7 inches to 6 feet in diameter for improved Wi-Fi service at the park's developed areas.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 28th, 2020 1:45am

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Photography In The National Parks: Even More Favorite Places For Photography

Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson has visited quite a few national parks within the past two decades. In this month’s column, Rebecca shares with you even more of her favorite spots for photography in the national parks she’s visited.

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By Rebecca Latson - May 26th, 2020 8:05am

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Yellowstone Superintendent Pleased With Early Days Of Visitation

Visitors to Yellowstone National Park this week have not fully embraced social distancing practices, but overall Superindendent Cam Sholly is pleased with how the reopening has gone so far.

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By NPT Staff - May 21st, 2020 6:48pm

Bison Headbutts Woman At Yellowstone National Park

Bison 1, visitors 0. That's the tally at Yellowstone National Park just three days into its reopening as a woman was knocked to the ground Wednesday by a bison in the Upper Geyser Basin.

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By NPT Staff - May 20th, 2020 6:57pm

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National Parks Quiz And Trivia #8

You can learn quite a bit from children's books. To prove this point, information from a children's book about national parks has been used for National Parks Quiz And Trivia #8. See how much you know, and how much you learn.

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By Rebecca Latson - May 18th, 2020 1:45am

Yellowstone National Park Trespasser Burned By Fall Into Thermal Feature

A woman who illegally ventured into Yellowstone National Park with hopes of photographing Old Faithful without throngs of milling tourists somehow stumbled into a thermal feature and sustained burns that required her to be helicoptered to a hospital.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 13th, 2020 9:28am

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