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The Department of Interior will be celebrating the third anniversary go the signing of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) this Friday, August 4 by offering free admission to all public lands managed by the Department. GAOA is a bipartisan investment that was developed to improve visitor experiences, bolster climate resistance, and invest in the…

Yellowstone National Park send an notification through the park’s Road Alert text and email system. A section of the East Entrance Road between the East Entrance and Pelican Valley will close June 12 12pm-2pm to mitigate a road condition. This is a brief, almost non-event compared to around this time last year. On June 13,…

With the recent flooding of Yellowstone National Park there was a lot to clean up.  But when the National Park wanted to move a front-end loader that had been stranded on one of the washed-out roads near Gardiner, Montana, they called the Montana National Guard for help.  The Guard responded with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.…

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Just in time for Veterans Day, here’s some good news.  If you’re a veteran or part of a gold star family, you will now be able to get into all national parks for free. According to NPR, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that all U.S. veterans and Gold Star Families will now…

The numbers once again show our national parks are worth their weight in gold. A new report has been released by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, which shows the direct fiscal impact our nation’s national parks have on the national economy. In In 2019, visitor spending in communities near national parks…

It has been hard to do any grand re-openings following COVID-19 due to the precautions that have to be taken when reopening any business and that includes the Shoshone National Forest as well. In order to remain safe, the park will keep some facilities closed such as restrooms and picnic areas. Just because the facilities…


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