By Cody Enterprise, AP
JACKSON HOLE, WYO – Yellowstone National Park’s top administrator says visitors aren’t harming the park’s natural resources and he sees no need to require reservations to limit crowds.
No max carrying capacity, no reservations needed. For now, plateauing visitation to Yellowstone National Park does not warrant any drastic changes to how the nation’s first national park is run, according to new superintendent Cam Sholly.
The Cody Enterprise reported Wednesday that superintendent Sholly also said he doesn’t believe the park needs to set up a bus system from surrounding communities to reduce car traffic inside the park.
Sholly acknowledged that some areas of the park suffer from traffic jams and need attention. He said one idea that has merit is testing an internal bus system to ferry visitors between major attractions within the park.
Yellowstone had 4.1 million visitors last year, the fifth highest among all national parks.
Sholly says surveys show first-time visitors are generally happy with their experience, but some return visitors are frustrated with traffic jams.
