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Plastic bottles recycled at Yellowstone National Park will not be sent overseas any longer; instead, they'll be shipped to Georgia and be converted to a nonwoven fleece material used as backing for carpet and synthetic turf.

Officials with the State of Montana, local tribes and the federal government are discussing an expanded grazing area north of Yellowstone National Park for bison searching for food in winter months -- and we're talking some major land here.

We're still weeks away from the formal spring opening of April 15 in Yellowstone National Park, but today we're seeing an event that's a sure sign of spring: adventurous bicyclists are being allowed on the road between West Yellowstone, Madison, Norris and Mammoth Hot Springs.

The Yellowstone Park Foundation, the official fund-raising arm of Yellowstone National Park, has announced $350,000 in grants for improvements within the Park this year.

As Yellowstone National Park bison continue to wander outside the Park boundaries in search of food, the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) partners are now holding hazed bison in the USDA's Brogan Bison Facility while a new management strategy is being discussed.

The snow may still be deep in most of Yellowstone National Park, but there's one sure sign in spring: On Tuesday, park employees observed grizzly-bear tracks on Mary Mountain, near the center of the lower loop of the park’s Grand Loop Road.

The 2010-2011 winter season at Yellowstone National Park is winding down, as the Sylvan Pass is now closed to snowcoach and snowmobile traffic, and the rest of the road system will close in stages in coming days.

An appeals court will hear arguments next week that grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem do not meet criteria for protected status under the Endangered Species Act, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempts to reverse a 2009 court decision.

Photographers are invited to share their favorite winter images of the region with the public during the Third Annual Winter Photo Festival to be held early next month in West Yellowstone.

With some clear disagreements emerging over the management of Yellowstone National Park bison during winter months when they head out of the Park, citizen input is being sought on the issue. The first meeting of Yellowstone Bison “Citizens Working Group” is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7:15 p.m. in the large community room at the Bozeman Public Library. The meeting will be facilitated by Virginia Tribe, and it is open to all interested citizens.