Posted by: Sandy Steinman | December 28, 2016

Yellowstone More Crowded Than Ever

The Associated Press reported

Yellowstone National Park’s superintendent has predicted the number of park visitors will keep growing after two straight years of record attendance but said park personnel are prepared for the challenge.

“We have seen a steady growth and over the long term it continues to grow,” Wenk told The Cody Enterprise (http://bit.ly/2gFwOwl ). “We will be dealing with increased visitation into the future.

“Yellowstone had 4,097,711 visitors in 2015 and topped that number by October this year, when the number of park visitors reached 4,221,782.

Read full story on how crowds impact Yellowstone and how the park staff is responding at Yellowstone braces for more crowds after 2 years of records


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