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Visitation to Yellowstone National Park was down slightly this past winter, as heavy snows and bad weather deterred visitors from driving or busing to the North Entrance for day trips.

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.

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.

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.

Oh, irony of ironies: Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has effectively stopped the slaughter of Yellowstone National Park bison penned at the Stephens Creek facility over concerns that the bison may transmit brucellosis to cattle on their way to slaughter. Really.

Saying that the slaughter of 500 Yellowstone National Park bison would not harm the long-term survival of the species, U.S. District Court Judge Charles Lovell signed a ruling allowing the Interagency Bison Management Plan (IBMP) to begin putting them down.

Fewer folks visited Yellowstone National Park in January 2011 than in January 2010, as bad weather and a poor economy presumably cut down on the number of visitors heading to the Park for day visits and guided snowmobile tours.

The Obama Administration has eased brucellosis management and detection rules in the states bordering Yellowstone National Park, but will the changes lead to reforms in bison management?