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Most Roads In Yellowstone Close For Winter On Monday

This coming weekend, November 3-4, provides the last chance for visitors to drive to many iconic locations in Yellowstone National Park. The West, South, and East entrances and all roads, with one exception, will close to vehicle travel at 8 a.m. Monday, November 5, so the park can prepare them for the winter season and snowmobile and snowcoach travel, which are scheduled to begin Saturday, December 15.

Reader Participation Day: What Stories Would You Like To See Covered?

Every day, news releases pour into our inboxes, and Google alerts bring word of other potential stories in the National Park System for our coverage. But with 418 units out there, we can't be everywhere. With that understood, we could use your help in pointing out stories in the parks that deserve coverage.

Dingmans Falls At Delaware Water Gap NRA Reopens On Halloween

The Dingmans Falls boardwalk trail at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania was set to reopen at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The popular visitor destination and local favorite was hit hard by damages from back-to-back winter storms in March 2018, and as a result was closed for the spring and summer while work crews made repairs.

Traveler's View: Politics Vs. Public Interest In National Parks

While the National Park Service Organic Act directs the National Park Service to be a guardian of the parks and the flora and fauna within them, politics don't always make that easy. Proof of that can be seen in Alaska, where the agency has done a complete reversal in trying to protect wolves, bears, coyotes and other predators from rampant hunting and trapping.