A Decade of News: The Time Tourists Put a Bison in Their Trunk at Yellowstone National Park

A decade of news: The time tourists put a bison in their trunk at Yellowstone National Park

Courtesy photo If you ask me to share one of the most memorable stories we’ve covered at EastIdahoNews.com over the past decade, this one is at the top of the list. It was May 2016 and our news organization was less than a year old. I was in Salt Lake City on another work assignment when a friend sent me a photo of a young bison in the back of a vehicle. He told me one of his relatives was chaperoning a group of fifth-graders on a field trip to …

Tourists Blatantly Disregard Rules To Get Bison Selfies @ Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is vast encompassing thousands of square miles, yet some visitors can’t resist crowding around its abundant wildlife. Yellowstone provides a rare opportunity to observe animals behaving naturally within a largely undisturbed environment but with this unique privilege comes the responsibility of respecting park rules and maintaining safe distances to ensure the safety of both people and animals. Among the 67 species of m…