Man Gets Jail Time, Banned From Yellowstone National Park for Breaking Key Rule
A Colorado Springs man will serve jail time and be banned from Yellowstone National Park, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming recently announced. His crime: leaving the trail in a thermal area of the park.
62-Year-Old Colorado Man Faces Jail Time, 5 Year Ban From Yellowstone After He Unknowingly Wandered Into Protected Area
A summer trip to the great outdoors for one Colorado family has turned into a great big mess. 62-year-old Joseph Aita and others he was traveling with accidentally and unknowingly went off the beaten path at Yellowstone National Park, and now the Department of Justice is bringing the hammer down on him.
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It really feels more like four or five parks with vastly different landscapes including forested mountains, bubbling mudpots and steamy fumeroles, the largest high elevation lake on the continent, and Lamar Valley, which has been called the Serengeti of North America for of its abundant wildlife viewing opportunities.
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Yellowstone National Park saw a 16% increase in October visits with 346,025 recreational visits in 2024, up from 299,127 in 2023.
Colorado man banned from Yellowstone National Park after entering protected area
A Colorado man was sentenced to jail and banned from Yellowstone National Park after officials say he walked off a designated trail and entered a protected area.
‘That was our mistake, and we acknowledge that’: Colorado Springs man speaks after Yellowstone Park ban
"If we had seen the sign or anybody warning us, you know ‘hey! hey! hey!’” Aita recalled. “But nothing that I saw gave me that immediate flag.”
Visitation continues to rise in Yellowstone National Park
Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo. - Yellowstone National Park is seeing more visitors. The park hosted 346,025 recreation visits in October 2024, a 16% increase from October 2023 (299,127 recreational visits). This October's visitation showed a 9% increase from October 2021 (316,662 recreation visits).
‘That was our mistake, and we acknowledge that’: Man speaks after Yellowstone Park ban
A man is sharing his story after receiving a several-year ban from Yellowstone National Park late last month after he and his family went off the trail over the summer. Joseph Aita, 62, was sentenced to seven days in jail,
Colorado Springs man banned from Yellowstone
A Colorado Springs man will no longer be allowed inside a popular national park after entering a protected area.
Stay on the trail and out of jail, says Yellowstone National Park as Colorado man banned for hot spring boardwalk blunder
In Yellowstone National Park, signs everywhere tell hikers not to leave the boardwalk near thermal hot springs. But what could be the harm in straying just a little to get closer to these natural wonders?
Colorado man will serve jail time, banned from Yellowstone National Park for walking in thermal area
A Colorado man was sentenced to seven days in jail for walking off a designated trail or boardwalk in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park in July.
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