Yellowstone National Park

March 24March 24
Yellowstone and Grand Teton among the national parks closing immediately
- Coronavirus
- National
(CNN) — Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks have closed to park visitors until further notice due to public health concerns, Yellowstone National Park announced in a statement. Fearing the potential risk of exposure to novel coronavirus, the parks had been continuously reducing public access to National Park Service sites across the country, while promoting […]
September 27September 27
For the first time in its 147-year history, Yellowstone National Park has a female chief ranger
- Entertainment
For 147 years, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming has been overseen by a parade of chief rangers, all of them men. Until now. Sarah Davis, a 20-year National Park Service veteran, will become the park’s 18th chief ranger — and the first female to officially hold the role. (Yellowstone has had interim or acting chief rangers who […]
September 25September 25
Federal judge restores grizzly protections, canceling bear hunt
- National
A federal judge in Montana said Monday that grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park should remain a protected species, reversing a United States Fish and Wildlife Service decision to lift those protections last year. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen, effectively cancels what was to be the first bear hunt […]
June 08June 08
Yellowstone chief says Trump administration forcing him out: ‘I feel this is a punitive action’
- National
Yellowstone National Park’s superintendent said Thursday that he’s being forced out in an apparent “punitive action” following disagreements with the Trump administration over how many bison the park can sustain, a longstanding source of conflict between park officials and ranchers in neighboring Montana. Superintendent Dan Wenk announced last week that he intended to retire March […]

Yellowstone and Grand Teton among the national parks closing immediately

For the first time in its 147-year history, Yellowstone National Park has a female chief ranger

Federal judge restores grizzly protections, canceling bear hunt

Yellowstone chief says Trump administration forcing him out: ‘I feel this is a punitive action’

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