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A proposal to plow U.S. Hwy. 212 between Cooke City and Pilot Creek would open Yellowstone National Park to the east -- providing alternative access from Cody and Billings -- but snowmobilers oppose the move.

Call it the Yellowstone National Park equivalent of demand-based planning: a draft Winter Use Plan from the National Park Service has variable daily-use limits based on demand and overall usage numbers.

The National Park Service is planning a reroute of the Specimen Creek Trail in the northwest portion of Yellowstone National Park and is soliciting comments on the project.

There will be no more slaughter of Yellowstone National Park bison this spring, as National Park Service (NPS) officials say the 770-plus bison penned at the Stephens Creek and Corwin Springs facilities will be released back into the Park.

Seventeen members of Congress released a letter today calling for National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis to review and redraft the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) that oversees Yellowstone National Park bison -- even though the IBMP has mostly halted the slaughter of wandering bison.

With Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama reaching a budget agreement late last night, there will be no shutdown of Yellowstone National Park, as the NPS preps for the seasonal opening April 15.

Next week -- Friday, April 15, to be exact -- portions of Yellowstone National Park are set to open to the public as the Summer 2011 season starts. Slated to open: the roads from West Yellowstone and Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris, Canyon, Madison and Old Faithful. But if a government shutdown happens this Friday, there's a chance this opening will be scrapped.

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.

PREPPING FOR SUMMER 2011: One housing change is slated for Yellowstone National Park in 2011, as the Pioneer Cabins at Canyon Lodge have been upgraded and renovated to be at par with the Frontier Cabins.

Seeking to determine how many bison can be supported in Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Service and Syracuse University Professor Douglas Frank are studying the effects of grazing on the Park's grasslands -- and perhaps countering some negative beliefs about how bison impact the ecosystem.