Yellowstone Gate

Gardiner, Montana — Voices of Yellowstone: First Peoples Celebration will take place August 3-8, 2025, in Gardiner, Montana. This multi-day event, hosted by Yellowstone Forever in partnership with Yellowstone National Park and in collaboration with the Pretty Shield Foundation, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, and Gardiner Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, aims to honor and celebrate the diverse cultures of the Indigenous Peoples of Yellowstone—past, present, and future.

By Ruffin Prevost CODY, WYO. — The head of Park County’s tourism marketing agency has submitted his resignation and plans to accept a job offer from the tourism bureau in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Ryan Hauck, executive director of the Park County Travel Council, or Cody/Yellowstone, was selected Monday as the new CEO of Experience Fayetteville, and tendered his resignation Thursday from his Cody job, according to a letter of resignation obtained by Yellowstone Gate.

The head of Park County’s tourism marketing agency has been chosen to lead the tourism bureau for Fayetteville, Arkansas. Ryan Hauck, executive director of the Park County Travel Council, or Cody/Yellowstone, was selected Monday as new CEO of Experience Fayetteville. Hauck joined PCTC in June 2021 to replace retiring director Claudia Wade. He had previously worked as director of sales for Western Leisure, a Utah company that creates custom tours for tour operators.

CODY, WYO. — Alan K. Simpson—the former U.S. senator from Wyoming known for his outspoken directness, sense of humor and passionate advocacy for cherished causes—died early March 14 at 93 in Cody, Wyo. after struggling to recuperate from a broken hip in December. Family members said his recovery was complicated after a long-term wound on his left foot never fully healed following a frostbite incident approximately five years ago.

In Yellowstone, 2024 will probably be remembered as the year of the hydrothermal explosion. There were two noteworthy such events, each important for different reasons. First came the hydrothermal explosion in Norris Geyser Basin. That occurred on a terrace overlooking Porcelain Basin on April 15.

The federal government bought Wyoming’s 640-acre Kelly Parcel school section for $100 million today, a transaction that will see the wildlife-rich property that lawmakers had proposed for commercial development, instead preserved as part of Grand Teton National Park.

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WYO. — The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, seeks public comment on a proposal to significantly improve 27 miles of the Northeast Entrance Road between Tower Junction and Yellowstone National Park’s Northeast Entrance.

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WYO. – The last day for visitors to drive most of Yellowstone National Park’s roads will be Thursday, Oct. 31. The West, South and East entrances and nearly all roads will be closed to regular vehicle traffic Nov. 1, according to a statement releasded by the park’s public affairs office. The park annually closes roads at this time of year to prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which will begin Dec. 15.

A beloved female grizzly bear that has captivated crowds around Grand Teton National Park for years was struck and killed in a vehicle collision on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the park’s public affairs office. Arguably the world’s most famous bear, known as 399 for the number assigned her by researchers, she was hit by a vehicle on Highway 26/89 in Snake River Canyon, south of Jackson, Wyo. The bear’s identity was confirmed through ear tags and a microchip.

MOOSE, Wyo. — The National Park Service is soliciting public comments as it considers improvements to the Taggart Lake experience at Grand Teton National Park. This popular year-round trailhead supports a range of recreational pursuits from hiking in summer to skiing and snowshoeing in the winter, according to a statement released by the park’s public affairs office.