Protestors gather at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park on Sunday to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.
Protestors gather at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park on Sunday to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide. Ruffin Prevost / Yellowstone GateA handmade sign left by a protestor leans against a closure sign Sunday at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was established as a the world's first national park in 1872, more than 18 years before Wyoming became a state.
A handmade sign left by a protestor leans against a closure sign Sunday at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was established as a the world's first national park in 1872, more than 18 years before Wyoming became a state.
A handmade sign left by a protestor leans against a closure sign Sunday at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was established as a the world's first national park in 1872, more than 18 years before Wyoming became a state.
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Protest organizer Rick Satterthwaite of Cody, Wyo. stands on a ladder as he speaks to a crowd of approximately 75 who gathered at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park on Sunday to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.
A group of kids hold up protest signs Sunday at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park.
A group of kids hold up protest signs Sunday at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park.
Protestors gather Sunday at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.
Protestors gather Sunday at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.
Jordan Howard, 7, holds a protest sign in front of her mother, Rachel Howard, of Cody, Wyo. They were among approximately 75 protestors who gathered at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park on Sunday to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.
Jordan Howard, 7, holds a protest sign in front of her mother, Rachel Howard, of Cody, Wyo. They were among approximately 75 protestors who gathered at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park on Sunday to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.
Protest organizer Rick Satterthwaite of Cody, Wyo. stands on a ladder as he speaks to a crowd of approximately 75 who gathered at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park on Sunday to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.
Protest organizer Rick Satterthwaite of Cody, Wyo. stands on a ladder as he speaks to a crowd of approximately 75 who gathered at the East Gate to Yellowstone National Park on Sunday to demand a solution to the federal government shutdown that has closed national parks nationwide.

Ruffin Prevost is founding editor of Yellowstone Gate, an independent, online news service about Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks and their gateway communities. He lives in Cody, Wyo., where he also works...

One reply on “Photo Gallery: Yellowstone East Gate shutdown protest”

  1. Take the closure up with the Teabaggers. They are causing more damage than a flock of locust. It they were in Afganistan they would be the Taliban

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