When Yellowstone reopens, let’s see the park differently

What we will find, if we park and walk a ways, is what we came for and what we won’t get on the road.

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June 21, 2022 - 2:50 PM

Northeast Entrance Road is shown severely damaged following historic flooding in Yellowstone National Park that forced it to shut down last week in Gardiner, Montana. GETTY IMATES/SAMUEL WILSON/TNS

Floods have shut down Yellowstone National Park’s Grand Loop Road and caused damage in adjacent towns. Portions of the park where the road has washed away may not reopen to vehicles this season. This is grievous news for those planning to visit and for businesses dependent on them, as well as for those who suffered property damage, but miraculously, no one was killed or injured by the flooding. Let’s use this pause to rethink how we visit the park.

As it happens, I was in Yellowstone recently, and although it was rainy, it was business as usual for June, otherwise known as…

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