With all the wet weather and the late spring in Yellowstone National Park, conditions have been unfavorable for any forest fires. That's changing, as lightning has sparked a small fire on the Central Plateau south of Gibbon Falls.

From the National Park Service: Steven Iobst was named Deputy Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park by Superintendent Dan Wenk, effective July 31.

It's been one of the wettest springs and summers in recent years, but now the waters are finally receding in Yellowstone National Park, where normalcy can resume -- to a certain degree.

A bus system linking Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park with three gateway cities could be up and running before the end of the month, as mass transit hits the region.