Yellowstone National Park is CLOSED, Plastic Sales Banned in Parks & More
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2022
- In this month's edition of News from the Parks, a late-breaking story out of Yellowstone, all 5 entrances are closed due to flooding and dangerous conditions. Also, the Interior Department is banning the sale of single-use plastics, a woman gets gored by a bison, and more.
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Last year my wife and I went to Bandlands, Minuteman Missile, Wind Cave, Mount Rushmore, Devils Tower, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Park. I would like to know why everything in the all gift shops was made in China or other than U.S.A. ? They’re U.S. National Parks!
Yeah that's really ridiculous isn't it!!
We had that same question when we visited several national parks in 2012. Ridiculous. China basically runs America now.
Because they’re doing it on purpose making us energy dependent, instead of energy independent like we used to be, and so company’s have no incentive to create and manufacture with our cost plus regulations.
Hunter made the deal, ask the big guy
China actually owns a lot of our land and some of our National Parks. SAD!
I had reservations that were supposed to start this past Saturday. I cancelled due to fuel prices and I'm glad I did. I pray those that are there stay safe!
So glad to hear about the success with California Condors. Prayers for all affected in Yellowstone.
As a local near Yellowstone, it never fails to amaze me at how stupid people can be when going near bison and other wild animals. Please DO NOT approach wild animals and just admire them from a safe distance.
It's year 2022 and people still have not learned how to behave near wild animals. Here in Florida they want to feed racoons and gators from hand.
Red Lodge Mt. is under water!
Thanks for spreading the word. We were heading for Yellowstone soon and our trip may need to be adjusted or canceled. Best wishes to everyone effective by the floods.
Stuck in gardiner right now and was supposed to fly out today, but at least it was at the end of a wonderful trip. It would be much worse if my visit was scheduled to start today
Same here
Feel free to message us before you change plans. We are here in the park all summer. Glad those in Gardiner are ok! Crazy day!
It's going to take a long time to fix the roads. You definitely need to change plans.
@@jc35957 we did, a lot of people think we're gonna be stranded till like friday
Wow! Thanks for being on top of this and getting word out so quickly.
Very welcome.
@@RVMiles
First time I've watched and I'm seriously impressed with your RV mate !! 👍 Very good reporting on events etc !! Respect from Brisbane Australia 👍🇦🇺🌟💞
I like these short episodes. Chocked full of pertinent information. Thanks.
Glad you like them!
We were heading for Yellowstone tonight! Arriving west entrance Friday.
This has just changed our plans! THANK YOU fot the heads up!
Safe travels wherever you decide to land.
Maybe next summer,it won't be this summer.
They say lower loop open by Friday
Stay up to date with flood warning areas
MARY GREELEY CHANNEL UPLOADED A VIDEO EARLIER SAYING THERE IS A GAG ORDER ON INFORMATION GETTING OUT STATING ALARMING REPORTS OF SULFUR BURNING THE NOSE OF A PERSON THAT EMAILED HER !!!!! THE ROAD BEING REPAVED BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME HEAT UNDERNEATH !!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for the news 📰
This is what kind of news should be shared amongst the citizens of this great country 🇺🇸 😁
I was in Yellowstone the Sunday before last. I saw a momma griz with 2 cubs in Lamar valley, a young black bear in Lamar valley and another young black bear in another site between Gardiner and Mammoth which was really surprising. It was great! We saw maybe 20 elk in total but we see at least 1500 bison in various areas. They were mostly in massive groups. I live about an hour from the park and every year there's idiot people that think bison are approachable. It's really hard to understand! They're the size of a mini van, weigh a ton, they're fast in bursts and wild! Nothing about them seems like something to try to get close to yet every year a handful of visitors wind up making an unplanned short flight courtesy of a buffalo! I'm glad she didn't die. I hope she makes a full recovery. I really hope she learned from her mistake too! Anyway, thanks for the info!
Oh and yes, the rivers and creeks around here are absolutely insane! Falling in one right now would likely be the end of a person!
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Same over here in Custer State Park.
A woman said she could 'talk' with the bison.
She was promtly depantsed. The bison ran off with a souvenir of the 'talk.'
The park rangers found her pants and her keys to her automobile.
Sturgis Motorcycle rally t-shirts were commemorating the bison that year. Too bad they didn't have a pair of jeans hanging off of one of the horns!🤣😂🤣
An unplanned $60K flight!
Here right outside of Albuquerque is the Sandia reservation, they have a bison herd that are in paddocks that go right along side of NM556. One time my ex-husband and I were on the motorcycle, and the bison were running along the fence right next to us. That was exhilarating! 😲😄
@@lapislazarus8899 that would be so cool to see!!
Great memories for you two.
WOW! Just had a bunch of friends from UK visit, so hopefully they saw it all before the Big Storms hit - amazing to see that rain. Keep safe everyone. Hard to believe how some people still don't show respect for wild life - especially when they are so much BIGGER than them!
I look forward to your great information each week! Thank you for keeping us all updated and prayers to everyone involved in this Yellowstone misfortune. So sad for upcoming vacationers.
UA-cam keeps removing my comment! Please share this information! Have you heard about the "mega drought" in the southwest? I'd like to share this article from a DEMOCRAT in the senate in California. I knew Democrats had been dumping fresh water into the ocean for years, diverting it away from the farmlands on purpose, but I had NO IDEA how much. Obviously they are not all on board with this. 1.6 BILLION GALLONS every TWENTY FOUR HOURS!! Now THAT is a truth that needs to be told and people need to be ARRESTED! sd18.senate.ca.gov/news/1022015-los-angeles-daily-news-stop-dumping-good-water-ocean?fbclid=IwAR3w3o4fjBeudA5oDMXzT_2hoIvjv8YPke_yAfyN-V5a21o6S8GDvJzA4U4
When we were in Yellowstone in 1961, in a Volkswagen Beetle, we watched a bear pound on the hood of a Ford Thunderbird.... no, we did not get out!
Guess that bear was a Chevy bear? What a crazy thing to witness!
I miss hill driving in my 2010 Volkswagen r - line fwd 2.0T ...
If it was that keen on the car, I would let him have it 😳
The bear was grumpy because You did not give Him a hug!!
Be grateful you weren't driving a Ford Tbird.
I saw a California Condor here, about an hour west of Las Vegas last year.
It was WAY bigger than I imagined. It was enjoying a jackrabbit for lunch. I took a picture and turned around so I didn't disturb it.
I'm Swedish and UA-cam just happened to suggest this🤓 Continued watching because your national parks are so beautiful and awesome, and if I ever travel to the US again (NYC 5 days) I could at most go to one of the parks, so interesting so hear about different ones.
And very easy to understand and no background music👏
Good luck to everybody who had planned to visit Yellowstone to be able to make it later on!
Thank you for watching and for your feedback. We hope you get to make it to one of our amazing parks soon, but for now, enjoy NYC!
I would stay away from NYC....especially their subway..
The park lands are beautiful here. We do appreciate your Kind words. For a chance to see one of our parks, I would recommend the Great Smoky Mountains National Park The Flora and Fauna are second to none. The Capture of a time in our early American History and way of life are on display. Spectacular Sight line views of Mountains and Valleys, with the springs and rivers all pristine. Underground Caves near by in Tennessee and North Carolina and the Famous Blue Ridge Parkway National Park. It is 469 miles of Park Road thru mountains and valley farms whiich will leave you awed at every turn. Add Skyline Drive National Park into the trip and you will be left awestruck of those Three combined Parks will give you memories and solitude to rejuvenate your soul and spirit.
dont judge american by youre nyc stay, thats modern day gotham city...id highly suggest another city and state.
They are also dangerous.... 🙄
cashless is a move to remove legal tender from system... no way I will go along
In 2020 there were a lot of rock slides...and boulders had rolled and bounced onto roads. It was a mess...but I must say most interesting. The majority of bison incidents are not the bisons fault. People want to pet, get close and touch, tease and taunt, try and pet a baby, even get their little kids on their back for a good picture. The bulls are protective about their females...especially during August which is rut season. ( as with Elk )
Worked there a couple of seasons, and one of the first things in the safety brief is NOT to mess with the bison, and that if one starts charging you then get down and curl up because you are not outrunning it...it was explained their top speed isn't high compared to other animals, but their acceleration is such that by the time you turn around to run it is already ontop of you.
Oo
@@benjaminbierley2074 In other words, become a gray rock. Lol. Not a funny matter though.
Many decades ago (70's) in the Wichita Mts. WR in Okla, a guy stopped to film some buffs--which were doing what they like to do: graze and poop. He wanted them to do more, so he picked up a few rocks and threw them at the grazers. He BARELY made it back into his little Nissan pickup before a bull slammed into the side of it repeatedly, turning it over. We teens had pulled over just because our jaws had dropped when he started tossing rocks. Bull moved on and we went to help the guy turn his trucklett right-side up. Guess what!?--he was actually PO'd at the animals! (who had also trampled his shoulder-held camcorder). While we helped him, he kept spouting that he was going to sue; rangers should have done a better job of 'training the buffalos'; ad nauseam, with about anything else you can think of from the Stupid Script.
I've also seen a few negative outcomes from folks 'just trying to pet that baby...whatever" Is there hope for the majority of us human beans?
@@r.f.pennington746 I have been going to and all over Yellowstone since I was age 3. I have gone back every chance I get since. That covid thing messed up everything...and last year I just went to Rapid City S. Dakota and did a bunch of stuff because Yellowstone was ssooo crowded. (and yes I took in Sturges ). In all of my trips to Yellowstone going way back to 2020..nothing has changed in the way of tourists. They still walk out on the thin crust at the geysers, get burned and then want to sue. With the Elk and the Bison..people still want to pet, get selfies, put their kids close, taunt and tease the animals...they are crazy...then if anything happens..they want to blame the park. There is a cute vid on you tube called Dances With Buffalo..really cute (poor guy). Hope for tourists...never
I applaud you for banning plastic ... Well done!
We got out just in time! When I look at the weather report last night, Stef and I started making plans for getting out early and heading to Cody Wyoming. When they started talking about snow, we said let's pack up and get out! Our daughter and her family decided to head out of the park to West Yellowstone for lunch; when they tried to re enter the park and get to their camper to come join us in Cody the rangers had closed the gates. we made Cody and I got the last responsible in town. a couple of hours later they left folks back into retrieve their RVs from the various RV parks. my daughter and son-in-law and finally made it here to Cody about an hour ago.
Wow. What a story. Glad to hear all are safe.
So national parks, which are run by a federal agency, will stop taking federal reserve notes. Makes sense
Just a sign that the currency is really about to collapse. Not that is hasn't already been doing that the past 12 months.
I have lived in Montana my entire life, 50yrs, and I have NEVER seen this happen, not like this. We have had swollen rivers and some flooding in the past, but nothing like this!!!! We have had many fires the last couple of years, again, never had seen it burn like this in all my years either...Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park are majestic and beautiful places to visit, and it is mind boggling to us that have grown up here to see the idiots that come here, who have been told and warned about staying away from the wildlife, keep thinking it is a good idea to try and get so close to them.
There was a couple who picked up a baby buffalo out of a stream and put it in their vehicle because they thought it was left behind from its mother....what they didn't realize is they just gave it it's death sentence. The baby had to be euthanized because it couldn't be returned to the heard and it couldn't be moved anywhere else due to disease.
People...LEAVE NATURE ALONE!!!!!!
Grew up in culbertson , graduated in from wlig point in in 75
Cashless does NOT serve the whole population. They know that.
I see another potential control move by an increasingly power-mad government.
We have reservations for the first week of October at Old Faithful Inn this year. We have been trying to get there for three years. First my husband was in the hospital with a pancreas infection and then we were cancelled due to the covid closure, so we thought that this year would be perfect! We will see if they don't close down early for the season. I am so sorry for those that had to evacuate due to flooding and washed out roads.
Thank you so much for sharing this vital information!
Would not count on getting in Yellowstone in Oct..no way and in Oct weather could be brutal..
I work in the park and you'll probably be fine in October weather wise (no guarantee of course) I was hiking last October and it was pushing 80.
The big problem is that damage to the infrastructure could take years to repair.
@@yellowstoned5048 That you so much Blaise and thank you for working in the park! We live only 200 miles from Yosemite Valley or Tioga Pass. We make our beginning of May reservations a year and a day in advance every year for Yosemite Lodge at the Falls.
I would take that as a hint that you probably shouldn't go. Take it as a warning.
About 30 years ago we picked up wife's brother who worked at the Lake Hotel. It was at the end of September and we got snowed in for a day (roads closed unless you had tire chains). From West Yellowstone had to travel south to Alpine to get back to Jackson Hole as Teton pass was closed.
Wow. At first I thought that it was just click-bait! But it’s true, Yellowstone park is actually literally closed. Imagine how many people have planned their entire vacation around this destination. It’s unfortunate.
I actually spent yesterday planning out a 3,000 mile loop that would have included Yellowstone and Grand Teton. I guess I'll be rethinking that...
@@jeffreygunn3530 I say plan it anyway. There is so much great stuff in the country that if one place is shut down, you will surely find something nice that is close.
Yea my parents just drove up to that area today.
literally
@@TM-bd7nf Oh, I'll still be going somewhere. But it was hard enough to get everything lined up as it is. It sounds like that whole area of Wyoming and southern Montana is in the same boat right now.
Thank you for always keeping us well informed! I know I speak for many others when I say that we really appreciate you!
Love to hear the news about the birds.
They are truly inspiring recovery stories.
Oh, wow - this is an amazing service you provide especially in light of the flooding and road collapse in and around Yellowstone. Thank you
480 million acres.. but we're overpopulated. Let that sink in.
Thanks for always providing great info!
I left yesterday from west yellowstone and drove thru the park to the south exit. Got to stop and see some sights. Light to heavy rains most the way. Totally didn't think all that was going to happen. So glad I got to see old faithful and enjoy my stay there. My very first time there also. It's so beautiful there. Sure hope the damage won't be to bad🙏
We were in Yellowstone from 5/27 - 6/1 The weather was cold and snowing every day. We noticed the decreased visitor numbers. Parking anywhere was no problem. What a difference a couple weeks make!!
Yellowstone can use a break from the tourists. It’s insane how many people are there when you go. It’s like a crowded airport
I think it's from the snow we also got on Memorial day weekend. Over 10ft. of heavy wet snow on Beartooth. Most of Wyoming mountain ranges got alot of snow. Big Horn mountains are full of snow. Now we are having spring run off. Red Lodge Montana is totally flooded from Rock creek. The town looks like a roaring river.
here in the Everglades, we teach people that you stay 25 feet from alligatro, 15 feet from crocodiles. Some people just want to go sit on their backs and get a picture. That's a very good way to get hurt.
Signs all over in an around park,THIS IS NOT A YOGI BEAR PARK,I Know of several bars with raffle boards winner who guesses number of goring and attacks....tourists just ignore the warnings
They forget , or don't realize how FAST a gator can go! And the can climb a fence! Esp. During mating season!
I was always under the assumption crocodiles were more aggressive than alligators. Is that not the case?
Having said that I had no issues from either one when I kayaked there. Floated right over some I could see submerged under me.
@@blakew5672 Alligators are more aggressive during mating season. Don't fall out the boat! Or dangle hands or feet. They can jump several feet out of the water. If YOU are in the Everglades in last few years, the anacondas and pythons have taken over! They even eat the gators!! You can probably look on UA-cam for a picture of one of the snakes with the belly ripped out, by a half digested gator. They both died.They even have an annual snake hunt, because they have killed off all the small game. Definatrly don't take your dog out!
@@tada6672
Gotcha. Yeah one of the kayak trips I had planned got canceled for something like that. Wasn’t a gator, but a croc had a nest on the Hells Bay kayak route so the rental place in Flamingo wouldn’t transport their kayaks there lmao. Ended up kayaking down the canals to the Joe river and camping on a chickee. Never saw any big snakes, but I’d imagine I was too close to coastal water for much of that.
Definitely an awesome place, and it wasn’t bad even for July.
Thank you for the update, I wouldn't have known this had it not been for you.❤
Thank you for the news. We were planning on being in the park in two weeks but had to cancel our trip due to high fuel prices. I guess our decision last week to cancel has turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Yellowstone being closed would’ve really been a curveball for us!
Yellow Stone going cash less less visitors .
Thanks Jason!
My granddaughter and I went to Yellowstone in May. Weather was perfect. I’m sad for those who can’t see it. It’s so beautiful.
The animals will get some peace!
Informative and to the point. Thanks for for the continued updates.
You’re very welcome.
This is nuts, we just got back from Yellowstone on Thursday, and it rained a little while we were out there, but the weather was pretty great for the most part.
Excellent once again! Thanks for the terrific info.
About time on the plastic ban !
Praying for all of you affected by this historic rainfall. Flooding like fires is a devastating traumatic event to deal with especially if everything you’ve worked hard for is involved. Lived in Belgrade, visited Ennis, have friends in Missoula, worked in Bozeman. I love MT. I feel your 💔 please stay safe 🙏
Unfortunately, for the last three days master, and visa cards have been hacked and seems to be a growing problem maybe the parks should reconsider cash.
A cashless society is not good for anyone. The more the govt can control the less freedom we have. Look at what happened in Canada.
@@joandonnelly7206 hell yup. I'm in Canada and figure that any business that doesn't want cash doesn't want my money. I really hope the national parks up here don't go cashless. I'd rather sneak in to go camping then get a credit card again.
Cards can be hacked anywhere.
Thanks for the update 👍
Love your content and updates! Thank you for sharing 😊
They can't trust the employees with cash, sounds wrong. The devices that are being used are more expensive, but like they work for government. They don't care. Enjoy your time.
No more plastic! If you get a can of water at Glacier, Yellowstone, or Grand Teton, it comes from our local brewery, Philipsburg Brewery. Think the water is good? Try their beer.
Omg, I was just there two weeks ago. This is horrible. I hope they can repair the damages soon.
Going "cashless" is the first step on ALL visitors being banned from national parks, except a tiny very privileged few.
Peace in Yellowstone
We have a Peregrine that nests in the cell tower outside my 6th floor office.
It is really awesome to watch it hunt pigeons :)
Thank You!
Thanks for the updates ✌️
Very informative...
Thank you.
Thank you!
Good,Yellowstone has been in drought conditions for years and now that precipitation is picking up,close it for the rest of the year and let Mother Nature do her thing.
89 north from Gardiner is shut down. Many bridges have been damaged, water is over the roadway in many places. East river road is also under water in several places and I’m sure have been washed out as well. Yellowstone looks like the Mississippi right now.
Heard pine creek is doing good as well as mill creek
Crazy, I was on a trip there just a couple weeks ago, and there was no signs of such a flood. I even went fly fishing there.
Need to keep every road closed until engineers can determine what each road is built over.
Thank you 🙏🏽
I recently found your channel and I just wanted to give you a big thank you. You're dong a very professional level news report and I enjoy the content. Thanks and stay safe! BTW, I like when you do the odd/funny stories to cap/end a video.
Thank you for the news.
Thank God!!! Keep people out and give the parks and its residents (animals, etc...) the summer off. People can stay at home and drive themselves crazy.
I'm excited three babies and all made it . totally awesome work parks....lots love 💕💓💓
Thanks for such a great report, nice photos,
Thanks for the info!
I just heard about the park closing,very sad.a lot of people will be upset.it may be along time til its repaired.does the c.c.c. still do this kind of work? Please keep us updated on that tragic story.i love all your reports and have followed you for some time.thanks for all you do
I doubt if the NPS has paving crews anymore. They will probably hire a company to stabilize the roads and the rest will go out for bid.
@@TheBandit7613 sad
The CCC was disbanded in 1942. I believe it will be awhile before the road gets repaired. I was in Yellowstone May 2021 and the road from Roosevelt to Canyon Village was closed for "construction." Visited again this year (May 2022) and the road still closed. It's really too bad Arizona and New Mexico can't have some of that rain.
@@MikeNaples sadly,yes.but wouldnt it be nice to create those jobs again?
Stay safe everyone, including everyone that works there…..if the park has too close then it has to close….even the animals will have to work things out with all the flooding..
Thank you for your informative videos!!
Wow everyone take care, God bless the lil animals
Thanks for the strong message about giving wild animals a very wide berth. The definition of a safe distance to be from a wild animal might be "three or four times the distance you think you should be". Most modern humans have no idea what an animal like a bison can or might do.
Thanks for the info.
I'm glad we went in 2018, I was planning on driving thru this season, but with the price of diesel especially inside the park it's always marked up significantly. yes it's a very long drive through! I think fuel was only $2-$3 back in 2018 outside the park,
Greati info. Thanks
Excellant Photography....I've been to all those places when water was normal summer levels. Thanks for sharing
We just left Yellowstone on the 9th and the Yellowstone River was already high then. Stayed at Yellowstone’s Edge RV park. Nice little well kept park.
Thank you Jason for this information on Yellowstone being closed do to flooding and roads and an avalanche. Glad that woman survived the bisson attack. Thank you again for this information. I saw Abby in one of the pictures. Tell her I said hello.
Thanks for the Information 👍
The arrogants to just brazenly walk up to a wild animal capable of destroying you is pure stupidity. I do hope she lived to learn that important lesson .
What a geat rundown of the current situation around the National Parks and hearing of successful release programmes of P falcons and condors. Thanks
Excellent presentation, professional delivery. Thank you.
We’re here in gardiner stuck. Everything has been ok.
Yeah!!!!!! the animals screamed loudly.
Very well done and enjoyable! Thank you!
Just happened on your channel… thanks for the great news information. This is great information.
I had heard about this but your video is the first I have seen of the damage. Thank you, my friend,
No problem 👍
Great update!!
Wow we were just there over Memorial Day weekend and it was perfect condition. Just missed the freak storm. Hope everyone is ok
Condors are awesome.
I Enjoyed your very Informative Program, this was my first time. I Visited YS back in 1990. I fell In Love with this MAGNIFICENT LAND and it's AWE INSPIRING WILDLIFE. I Pray that YS will be able to Fully Recover.
I was just making plans to go there later this summer. Glad I saw this
Drove through Yellowstone in 1969 - it was bumper to bumper for miles. All I saw was people and cars. Never got to see much beyond that. A real shame.
Still that way
I live 20 miles from Casper, in Jackson hole it's faster to walk
Another great report!
Keep up the good work of informing all. What is going on thank you
You’re very welcome.
Just left on Sunday. Last day at the park was Friday. Came in through the south entrance. Barely any traffic and most places were not busy at all. We went early in the mornings. Looks like we just made it out in time.
Awesome, so not only is Glacier practically shut down for road work and snowfall, now Yellowstone is closed.
Super awesome given I was going to leave this Saturday.
Friends visited and departed from Yellowstone just the day before the flood. So glad they left when they did. 😥
Glad they made it out safely.