I’m not saying it was.” Wenk turned down the unwanted transfer, and he was told he would be gone from Yellowstone by August. He and the park service settled on the Sept. 29 departure date.

It will be like going home for Dan Wenk. It is a big, sprawling home that covers more than 2.2 million acres in three states and attracts 3 million visitors a year: Yellowstone. Wenk, 58, the ...

If Dan Wenk had been fired during his first year in a permanent job with the National Park Service, the agency would’ve lost his later accomplishments.

Dan Wenk, who has spent 42 years at the National Park Service and the last seven as the head of Yellowstone National Park, said he was notified in writing on June 4 that he was being reassigned to ...

More than 40 meeting attendees listened intently as Yellowstone National Park superintendent Dan Wenk discussed the National Park Service’s preferred alternative for winter use in the park last ...

CODY, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk has been making the rounds to gateway communities to discuss the ups and downs of the park’s record summer visitation. The ...

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KEYSTONE - Mount Rushmore's longtime superintendent has been promoted to a National Park Service job in Denver. Dan Wenk will direct the agency's Denver Service Center, beginning Dec. 3.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk has been recognized for leadership in addressing environmental issues and concerns. Wenk was among four ...

If Dan Wenk had been fired during his first year in a permanent job with the National Park Service, the agency would’ve lost his later accomplishments. He would not have gone on to help lead a ...