Yellowstone Loses Cam Sholly, Congress Punts the Park Budget, and Denali Is (Almost) Whole Again

The first episode of Ranger PamPaw's Park Report. Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly is leaving the National Park Service after nearly eight years running the flagship park. Congress has funded the government through December 11, pushing a nasty park budget fight into the lame-duck session. A second flash flood set back Grand Canyon's water recovery, and the park now says South Rim water returns around Thanksgiving. And the Pretty Rocks bridge in Denali is finally complete, five years after a landslide cut the park road in half. Plus: from the ranger's chair, what Sholly's departure says about brain drain at the Park Service. And Fat Bear Week is here. Corrections and questions: [email protected]  Read the Newsletter