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Adding to the travel woes in Yellowstone National Park: More potential landslides are forcing National Park Service officials to keep the Mammoth Hot Springs-Tower Junction road closed indefinitely while safety checks get underway. And: more snow!

With several road closures -- including the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower Junction due to rockslide-- on the traditional start of the real summer season in Yellowstone National Park, some planning is in order to avoid closed roads and rough patches.

It's a major milestone regarding management of Yellowstone National Park bison: the Stephens Creek pastures are empty, as 700 or so bison have been released back into the Park, though some remain penned in Corwin Springs for testing.

The opening of the Beartooth Highway between Pilot Creek and Red Lodge has been delayed a week past the traditional Memorial Day weekend launch, as heavy snow on the Beartooth Pass is hampering plowing efforts by the National Park Service.

A meeting designed to address the possibility of plowing Hwy. 212 between Cooke City and the Chief Joseph Highway, allowing winter access to Cody and better Yellowstone National Park access, didn't accomplish much as the facts needed to make an intelligent decision -- like the cost of plowing or the potential economic impact -- weren't presented.

The heavy snowpack in Yellowstone National Park continues to impact operations, as the spring opening of the Norris campground has been pushed back a week because of high snow and water levels.

A Park County judge has issued a temporary restraining order against two Montana state agencies, preventing them from allowing Yellowstone National Park bison from grazing in the Gardiner Basin, pending a full hearing.

The National Park Service is seeking public response to a plan for reconstructing a 15.9-mile segment of Yellowstone National Park’s northern Grand Loop Road between Golden Gate and Norris to improve visitor travel and streamline emergency services.

Access to Yellowstone National Park this spring has been an adventure, to say the least: snow slides have forced the closure of the Sylvan Pass this week, but things should be helped with the opening of the South Entrance tomorrow.

We've all been there: Hiking in Yellowstone National Park and armed with a trusty can of bear spray -- only to see the investment wasted when hitting the airport and realizing it's a banned item on the airplane. Park officials want to change that with a new recycling program.