Yellowstone is just over 42,000 visitors shy of matching the record set in 2021, when tourism interest peaked after stay-at-home orders were lifted during COVID.
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Olivia Weitz is based at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody. She covers Yellowstone National Park, wildlife, and arts and culture throughout the region. Olivia’s work has aired on NPR and member stations across the Mountain West. She is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and the Transom story workshop. In her spare time, she enjoys skiing, cooking, and going to festivals that celebrate folk art and music.
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Yellowstone rivers fully reopen to fishing as temps cool
Yellowstone’s regular fishing season ends on Oct. 31.
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A new study published in Science found that free-roaming bison can boost the nutrition content of plants.
Yellowstone rivers reopen to fishing as temps cool
The Madison and Firehole Rivers and their tributaries, and the Gibbon River downstream from Norris campground are open again to fishing from sunrise to 2 p.m.
With federal cuts, some 250th programs in Wyoming are being reshaped
As federal cuts to the humanities have sunk in, a statewide nonprofit is scaling back some of what it planned.
With water nearing 70 degrees, Yellowstone closes some rivers to fishing
These include the Madison and Firehole Rivers and their tributaries, and the Gibbon River and tributaries downstream of Norris campground.
After a busy May and June, Yellowstone could see a record breaking year
At nearly 1.7 million visitors from the start of the year through June, visitation is 4% higher than it was through this time last year and 6% higher than the same timeframe in 2021.
Florida man gored by a bison in Yellowstone in first incident of the season
The bison mating season lasts from mid-July to mid-August, during which time the animals can be more agitated.
