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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-037 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

News release, 'Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance' (closure to all visitors)

Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks are further modifying operations to implement latest health guidance

Superintendent Cam Sholly (Yellowstone) and Acting Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail (Grand Teton) · Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park (WY/MT/ID) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park (WY/MT/ID)
Level
Federal
Authority
36 C.F.R. 1.5
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 ('Effective immediately') (read as 2020-03-24)
End
2020-05-18 (Yellowstone's Wyoming entrances; 038); Montana entrances June 1, 2020 (039) (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all park visitors
  • concessioners, outfitters and commercial use authorization holders
  • gateway communities
Functions reached
  • 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
Character
context
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Operative words

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.... 'We 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.'

Enforcement

36 C.F.R. 1.5 and 1.3; 18 U.S.C. 1865 (entry into a closed area)

Notes

A federal order issued at the request of county health officers: the paradigm of the interlocking federal-local layer. Yellowstone 'has been closed to visitors since March 24, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic' (038).

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