Yellowstone Road Projects To Cause Major Delays

Above, Old Faithful Geyser in eruption. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Road projects that will take place in 2022 and 2023 in Yellowstone National Park will cause "major" road delays for visitors.

The Oil City News reported:

CASPER, Wyo. — The National Park Service is investing about $155 million in improvements within Yellowstone National Park in 2022. Three major projects included in those improvements will lead to “major delays” in both 2022 and 2023, the NPS said in a press release Thursday.

“It’s important the visiting public understand the major delays that will occur in 2022 and 2023 and impacts to the South Entrance Road,” Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said. “While we always strive to execute projects in the least impacting way, the Old Faithful to West Thumb and Lewis River Bridge projects will seriously disrupt travel entering and exiting the park’s south entrance and visitors should plan accordingly. We very much appreciate the funding received through the Great American Outdoors Act to complete these critical projects.”

Two of the three major projects that will cause major delays in both 2022 and 2023 will also lead to overnight closures of roads within Yellowstone.

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Yellowstone Celebrating 150th Anniversary As First National Park

Above, a herd of Yellowstone bison relaxing in a meadow. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The first U.S. national park will have a big celebration this year.

Yellowstone National Park will mark 150 years since becoming the first national park in the United States.

According to Oil City News:

CASPER, Wyo. — Yellowstone officially became the first national park in the United States on March 1, 1872 when former President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act.

That means that March 1, 2022 will mark the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone becoming a national park.

“Yellowstone’s 150th anniversary is an important moment in time for the world,” Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly said in a press release Wednesday. “It’s an opportunity for us to reflect on the lessons of the past while focusing our efforts to strengthen Yellowstone and our many partnerships for the future. I applaud and share the vision of Secretary Haaland and Director Sams on our responsibility to more fully engage with Tribal Nations to honor and learn from their ancestral and modern connections to Yellowstone.”

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