From News Nation:
“Yellowstone National Park to
partly reopen Wednesday after floods”
Yellowstone National Park will
partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, after catastrophic flooding destroyed
bridges and roads and drove out thousands of tourists. The Park Service
announced Saturday that visitors will once again be allowed on the park’s
southern loop under a temporary license plate system designed to manage the
crowds: Those with even-numbered plates and motorcycle groups will be allowed
on even-numbered days, and those with odd-numbered or vanity plates on
odd-numbered days. Commercial tours and visitors with proof of overnight
reservations at hotels, campgrounds or in the backcountry will be allowed in
whatever their plate number.
Visitors had been flocking to
Yellowstone during its 150th anniversary celebration. The southern loop
provides access to Old Faithful, the rainbow-colored Grand Prismatic Spring,
and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and its majestic waterfall. It can be
accessed from the park’s south, east and west entrances. “It is impossible to
reopen only one loop in the summer without implementing some type of system to
manage visitation,” Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said in a news
release. “My thanks to our gateway partners and others for helping us work out
an acceptable temporary solution for the south loop while we continue our
efforts to reopen the north loop.” The north loop is expected to remain closed
through the summer, if not longer. Officials say it could take years and cost
more than $1 billion to repair the damage in the environmentally sensitive
landscape.
^ I hope the flooding subsides
and that Residents and Visitors can return once again. ^
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