The Department of the Interior increased the daily entry fee for international visitors to Yellowstone National Park by $100 this year, prompting questions from local business owners about whether the higher costs will keep visitors away.
[This article was originally published on July 18, 2025] Under the vast plateaus of Yellowstone National Park, an active volcanic network feeds one of the most dense hydrothermal concentrations on the planet. Geysers, fumoilers and hot springs transform the soil into a moving landscape, where spectacular phenomena can occur without notice. It is in this highly unstable area, the Norris Geyser Basin, that geologists recently found the appearance …