Yellowstone is the most iconic National Park in the United States it's also one of the busiest. So, we asked a Yellowstone ranger how to avoid the crowds on hiking trails.
From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: Alabama public health officials are warning people to avoid eating any fish from some state waterways because of contamination. The state Department of Public Health issued its latest fish consumption advisories this month. They are based on nearly 500 samples of specific fish species taken during the fall of 2020 from 41 bodies of water, health officials said. Restrictions on consumption are broken down by waterbody and presented as the safe number of meals of a species that can be eaten in a given period of time. In some locations, people are advised to avoid all fish. Mercury is often cited as the fish contaminant of concern.
Man who guided illegally in Yellowstone gets week in jail July 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) A judge has sentenced an Oklahoma man to a week in jail and ordered him to pay $1,100 for guiding visitors illegally in Yellowstone National Park. Theodore Eugene Garland, 60 of Edmond, Oklahoma, led visitors who trespassed in thermal areas and elsewhere, cliff-jumped in an off-limits area and altered a river s flow by creating a pool for swimmers to soak in, U.S. prosecutors said in a statement Monday. Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs found Garland guilty of the violations in a non-jury trial in April and sentenced him July 2. Besides imposing the jail time and payments, the judge banned Garland from the park for the remainder of 2021.