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IN THE NEWS TODAY: End-of-Season Road Closures -- by NPS Stephen Ambrose Receives Medal -- by Billings Gazette Yellowstone Winter Reservations -- by Bruce Gourley Yellowstone Discussion Forums -- by Bruce Gourley |
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ROAD CLOSURES by National Park Service YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (NPS) -- Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Michael Finley reminds visitors that all park roads will close for the season at 8 a.m. on Monday, November 2 to allow snow to accumulate in preparation for the winter season. An exception is the road from the North Entrance at Gardiner, Montana, to the Northeast Entrance at Cooke City, Montana, which remains open year-round to automobile travel. The following roads have already closed for the season: Dunraven Pass (Tower Fall via Dunraven Pass to Canyon) and Beartooth Pass (outside the Northeast Entrance of the park). Park visitors are reminded that with the closing of park roads, the fishing season in Yellowstone also closes (at 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 1) in ALL portions of the park. At 8 a.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 1998, Yellowstone will open for the winter season to oversnow vehicles. Winter oversnow road openings are dependent on sufficient snow. Groomed roads will begin to close to oversnow vehicle use at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 8, 1999, with the closure of the Mammoth-to-Norris road. On Wednesday, March 10, Norris Junction to Madison Junction, and Norris Junction to Canyon will close. All remaining groomed roads will close to oversnow vehicle use at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 15, 1999. At this time of year, roads in the park are subject to temporary closures, and chains or snow tires may be required at times due to hazardous winter driving conditions. Travelers to the park are urged to contact park headquarters at (307) 344-7381 for current road and weather conditions. |
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STEPHEN AMBROSE
RECEIVES 1998 HUMANITIES MEDAL from the Billings Gazette WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Author and historian Stephen E. Ambrose is among nine recipients of the 1998 National Humanities Medal announced Wednesday. Ambrose, a Helena resident, and the other medal recipients will be honored Nov. 5 by President and Mrs. Clinton at a White House ceremony and dinner. Recipients of the National Humanities Medal are selected by the president from nominations submitted by the National Endowment for the Humanities. For the full story from the Billings Gazette, click here.
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WINTER RESERVATIONS ONLINE by Bruce Gourley WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (YNET) -- Next week Yellowstone's roads close to automobiles, a sure sign that the winter season in Yellowstone is not far away. Winter in Yellowstone is a memorable experience, and now is a good time to start planning your winter vacation in the nation's oldest park. Yellowstone Net Vacations offer full-fledged winter packages or Rooms Only. Click here to make your winter reservations in Yellowstone. |
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DISCUSSION FORUMS YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- If you have questions relating to Yellowstone National Park, the Yellowstone Net Discussion Forums are a great place to find answers. You can search through the hundreds of posts, arranged by category, and find ready answers to questions you may have. If your question is still unanswered, you can post it in the forum. |
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