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A proposed new map splits the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area into a preserve and a national park.

About 900 people live in Gardiner, but each summer the town straddling the Yellowstone River is crowded with thousands of visitors staying in hotels and patronizing businesses that rely almost exclusively on park visitors.

Starting now, visitors who attempt to see the Guinness World Record tree in person will risk a $5,000 fine and six months in jail.

Flooding that devastated Yellowstone National Park last month have generated calls from weather experts for changes to the way the government issues weather forecasts as extreme weather becomes more frequent.

Yellowstone National Park officials now say some entrances could reopen “as early as this weekend” after historic floods hit Monday.

The world famous Yellowstone National Park became the first national park in the U.S. on March 1, 1872.

The National Park Service no doubt appreciates patience as it grapples with how to manage an explosion in visitation at parks from Utah to Maine since the pandemic.