{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-038","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Yellowstone National Park","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Superintendent Cam Sholly; Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt (quoted)","authority":"36 C.F.R. 1.5","instrument":"News release, \u0027Yellowstone will begin first phase of reopening on May 18\u0027","title":"Yellowstone will begin first phase of reopening on May 18","dateIssued":"2020-05-13","effective":"2020-05-18 (South and East entrances only; Wyoming)","end":"Phase 2 June 1 (Montana entrances); backcountry June 15; visitor centers and many lodging facilities remained closed","startDate":"2020-05-18","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","TRAV","CAP"],"addressees":["visitors","concessioners","the States of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho"],"clause":"Yellowstone National Park will reopen on a limited basis on May 18. The park has been closed to visitors since March 24, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... Yellowstone has outlined a three-phased plan that initially opens the South and East entrances of Wyoming and [the lower loop]... Wyoming has lifted out-of-state travel restrictions and has requested the state\u0027s entrances open the week of May 18. Montana and Idaho continue to have out-of-state restrictions in place and the park is working closely with these states and counties to open the remaining three entrances as soon as possible.","enforcement":"36 C.F.R. 1.5; entrances physically closed","functions":["TV travel demand (three of five entrances closed until June 1)","LG lodging and campgrounds (closed in phase 1)","CN concessions and tour operators","CB gateway communities in Montana (West Yellowstone, Gardiner, Cooke City) closed out for a further two weeks"],"notes":"The park\u0027s reopening phases were expressly keyed to the States\u0027 travel-quarantine orders (Montana and Idaho \u0027out-of-state restrictions\u0027), the mechanism the memoranda\u0027s ecosystem Part describes.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/20015.htm","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200514202105/https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/20015.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3264410,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-038","citation":"Superintendent Cam Sholly; Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt (quoted), News release, \u0027Yellowstone will begin first phase of reopening on May 18\u0027 (May 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-038)","stateName":"","related":[]}