{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park (WY/MT/ID)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Superintendent Cam Sholly (Yellowstone) and Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail (Grand Teton)","authority":"36 C.F.R. 1.5","instrument":"News release, \u0027Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance\u0027 (closure to all visitors)","title":"Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24 (\u0027Effective immediately\u0027)","end":"2020-05-18 (Yellowstone\u0027s Wyoming entrances; 038); Montana entrances June 1, 2020 (039)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-05-18","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","TRAV","GATH"],"addressees":["all park visitors","concessioners, outfitters and commercial use authorization holders","gateway communities"],"clause":"Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks are announcing modifications to operations at the request of local county health officers from Park County, WY, Park County, MT, Teton County, WY, and Gallatin County, MT.... Effective immediately, Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks are closed to all park visitors until further notice.... \u0027We are committed to continued close coordination with our state and local partners as we progress through this closure period and are prepared when the timing is right to reopen as quickly and safely as possible.\u0027","enforcement":"36 C.F.R. 1.5 and 1.3; 18 U.S.C. 1865 (entry into a closed area)","functions":["TV travel demand into the two parks (about 4 million and 3.4 million annual visits)","LG lodging (Xanterra, Grand Teton Lodge Co. and gateway hotels)","CN concessions, tour operators and outfitters (commercial use authorizations idle)","CB gateway communities (West Yellowstone, Gardiner, Cody, Jackson)","WF seasonal hiring deferred"],"notes":"A federal order issued at the request of county health officers: the paradigm of the interlocking federal-local layer. Yellowstone \u0027has been closed to visitors since March 24, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic\u0027 (038).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/20013.htm","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200326053427/https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/20013.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":561028,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037","citation":"Superintendent Cam Sholly (Yellowstone) and Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail (Grand Teton), News release, \u0027Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance\u0027 (closure to all visitors) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037)","stateName":"","related":[]}