Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance, which is frequently a bottleneck for tourists wanting to hit America's Oldest National Park, could receive a extreme makeover as the National Park Service asks the public for input on possible improvements.
Karen Bates Kress, a veteran fundraiser at various nature-oriented nonprofits over the last 30 years, is the new president of the Yellowstone Park Foundation, which raises about $6 million a year for projects that protect, preserve, and enhance Yellowstone National Park.
Unless something unexpected happens on the weather front -- and there is snow in the forecast for Saturday -- the Dunraven Pass will open for auto traffic Friday, being the last section of Yellowstone National Park road to open for the Summer 2010 season.