Yellowstone National Park News
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Yellowstone visitation statistics for August 2025
September 4, 2025 | 2:01 pm
Yellowstone National Park hosted 881,936 recreation visits in August 2025, up 2% from August 2024 (868,259 recreation visits).
UPDATE: Fishing partially reopens on select rivers in Yellowstone National Park
August 29, 2025 | 11:45 am
Effective immediately, select rivers and streams that had been previously closed due to high water temperatures and low flows in Yellowstone National Park will partially reopen to fishing due to recent cooler temperatures and rainfall. Fishing remains closed from 2 p.m. to sunrise the following day due to continuing warm water temperatures and low river flows.
Biologists to begin 2025 grizzly bear captures for research purposes in Yellowstone National Park
August 27, 2025 | 9:10 am
As part of ongoing monitoring efforts to document recovery of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Geological Survey, in conjunction with Yellowstone National Park, is working to inform the public that pre-baiting and scientific capture operations are once again about to begin within Yellowstone National Park. Agency biologists with the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) will begin the field captures Sept. 1 and continue through Oct. 15.
Yellowstone visitation statistics for July 2025
August 12, 2025 | 4:59 pm
Yellowstone National Park hosted 975,109 recreation visits in July 2025, down 2% from July 2024 (992,352 recreation visits).
Yellowstone National Park fire restrictions in effect beginning Aug. 12
August 11, 2025 | 3:06 pm
Stage 1 fire restrictions will go into effect Aug. 12 in Yellowstone National Park due to the VERY HIGH fire danger level.
Crews suppressing wildland fire in Yellowstone National Park
July 30, 2025 | 5:08 pm
On the afternoon of July 30, Yellowstone helitack crews detected the Ash Fire in the Bechler area located in the southwest corner of Yellowstone National Park.
Juvenile sustains thermal burns in Yellowstone National Park
July 29, 2025 | 4:17 pm
On Monday morning, July 28, a 17-year-old male suffered significant thermal burns to his foot and ankle area in the vicinity of Lone Star Geyser near Old Faithful.
Yellowstone announces lottery for 2025-2026 Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program
July 24, 2025 | 10:12 am
Beginning Friday, Aug. 1, people may apply to the 2025-2026 winter lottery for permits to snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park without a commercial guide. Authorized in 2013, the Non-Commercially Guided Snowmobile Access Program allows permit holders to enter the park for up to three days with a group of up to five snowmobilers.
Habituated and food-conditioned black bear killed in Yellowstone National Park
July 17, 2025 | 9:39 am
At approximately 5 p.m. July 11, Yellowstone National Park staff lethally removed an adult female black bear following a series of concerning incidents at a backcountry campsite located in the Blacktail Deer Creek drainage in the northern part of the park.
Yellowstone visitation statistics for June 2025
July 9, 2025 | 3:06 pm
Yellowstone National Park hosted 928,250 recreation visits in June 2025, up 1% from June 2024 (914,612 recreation visits).