NPS Deputy Director Shawn Benge said in a statement that “visitors to national parks are coming from locations across the country, if not across the world. Because of this, and recognizing that the majority of the United States is currently in substantial or high transmission categories, we are implementing a service-wide mask requirement to ensure our staff and visitors’ safety.”

The statement maintained that visitors would wear masks outdoors who encounter “narrow or busy trails and overlooks.”

• RECORD VISITORS, YET YOU HAVE TO FACE DIAPER OUTDOORS AGAIN, NO SIGNS OF VIRIII SPREAD AFTER OVER A MILLION VISITORS!

Grand Teton National Park isn’t into seven-figure-visitor territory yet. But July 2021 still marked Grand Teton’s busiest month in the park’s 92-year history.

“We had about 1,080,000 visitors in July,” Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said at a Friday press conference near the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone. “Record visitation.”