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Black Sand Basin Access In Yellowstone National Park Temporarily Closed For Boardwalk Repairs

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 21, 2013 - 1:56am
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.

Yellowstone Park Foundation Provides $600,000 To National Park For Projects

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 18, 2013 - 1:53am
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.

More Roads In Yellowstone National Park To Open Friday

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 18, 2013 - 1:33am
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.

Annual Gray Wolf Report For Northern Rockies Shows Slight Decrease In Overall Population, Increase In Packs

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 17, 2013 - 1:35am
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

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 16, 2013 - 12:07pm
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.

Yes, The Sequestration Has Hit The National Parks. But They're Still Open And Still Spectacular!

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on April 14, 2013 - 1:26am
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

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 11, 2013 - 1:30am
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.

Yellowstone National Park Officials Looking To Improve Visitors' Experience In "Cascade Corner"

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 10, 2013 - 1:53am
"Cascade corner," which draws its name from the many waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park's southwest corner, long has been a rather overlooked area of the park. But with more and more visitors taking notice and heading there, park officials are looking into ways to improve their visits.

Watercolors From Yellowstone National Park To Benefit Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 7, 2013 - 1:43am
While photographs are a great way to remember a national park vacation, artworks are equally as memorable and wonderful to collect. If Yellowstone National Park is your favorite park, you might consider picking up one of Marsha Karle's watercolors...and benefit the Greater Yellowstone Coalition in the process.

Can You Name The Most-Visited Units Of The National Park System From 2012?

Submitted by NPT Staff on April 4, 2013 - 1:28am
Acadia, Yellowstone, and Yosemite are some of the most adored units of the National Park System, but they don't show up in the top 10 list of most-visited parks during 2012. They're quite a ways from the top 10, actually.