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Yellowstone, Grand Teton ordered to remain partly open as government shutdown begins

Yellowstone, Grand Teton ordered to remain partly open as government shutdown begins

The Department of Interior on Tuesday ordered Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks to remain partly open as the federal government shut down at midnight over a budget impasse in Congress. “Park roads, lookouts, trails, and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible to visitors,” according to the “lapse plan.” But visitor centers and other facilities that are usually locked after …

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Hundreds of Grand Teton National Park visitors may have been exposed to rabies

Hundreds of Grand Teton National Park visitors may have been exposed to rabies

Health officials in Wyoming are contacting guests from 38 states and seven countries who stayed at a lodge in Grand Teton National Park because they may have been exposed to rabies from a bat colony. National Park Service officials said certain guests who stayed in the park’s famous Jackson Lake Lodge between May 5 and July 27 may be impacted. …

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Bat colony found in Grand Teton lodge, possibly exposing hundreds to rabies

Bat colony found in Grand Teton lodge, possibly exposing hundreds to rabies

article FILE – The Grand Teton Mountain Range is viewed from Jackson Lake Lodge on September 27, 2022, at Jackson Lake, Wyoming. Grand Teton National Park is an American National Park in northwestern Wyoming and just south of Yellowstone National Park. At ap Hundreds of people could potentially have been exposed to rabies during their summer vacation at Grand Teton …

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