Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk has been making the rounds to gateway communities to discuss the ups and downs of the park’s record summer visitation. The good news is that more people are coming to Yellowstone than ever. Which is also the bad news.
Or more specifically, that so many autos and buses are rolling through the park.
“We saw more vehicles in Yellowstone National Park than we’ve ever seen before,” Wenk said last week in Cody during an informal meeting with tourism industry leaders. Wenk has also met with similar groups as part of what he called “listening sessions” in the Montana towns of Gardiner, West Yellowstone and Cooke City, as well as in developed areas in the park.