HELENA, Mont. — The new superintendent of Yellowstone National Park said Tuesday he won’t consider capping the number of visitors to the nation’s first national park, which is on pace to attract more than 4 million visitors for the fourth consecutive year.
"Any thoughts on a visitation cap in Yellowstone is not occurring," Cam Sholly told Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. "That would not be something that I would entertain."
Former Superintendent Dan Wenk said in August that dealing with the increasing number of visitors would be a top issue for Sholly, calling visitor management "sort of the emerging issue that's going to determine the long-term future of Yellowstone.