On Tuesday, a 30-year-old man from Randolph, New Jersey, was injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin near Old Faithful. The incident occurred at approximately 9:45 a.m. when a large group of visitors approached the bison…
Yellowstone National Park confirmed its first wildland fire of 2025 on May 26, when hikers reported the Memorial Day Fire on the Bighorn Pass Trail. Located 0.75 miles southeast of the Bighorn Pass Trailhead off U.S. Highway 191 in the…
David Tyler Regnier, a 67-year-old resident of Bend, Oregon, was found guilty by a federal jury on May 21, 2025, for assaulting a Yellowstone National Park employee with a dangerous weapon. The three-day trial, held before U.S. District Court Judge…
Biologists from the U.S. National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey will begin black and grizzly bear capture operations in Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway on May 24, 2025, continuing through October 15.…
Yellowstone National Park staff trapped and killed an 11-year-old, 400-pound male grizzly bear on May 14, 2025, after it repeatedly accessed human food and trash in developed areas. From April 3 to May 13, the bear overturned 800-pound bear-resistant dumpsters…
