2019: Park staff manage the firefly festival through the Incident Command System for the first time, which is a standard approach for government agencies and partners to manage complex events (i.e. natural disasters, major events, etc.). Park staff create a roadside pedestrian walkway and institutes full traffic control operations to prevent vehicle-pedestrian encounters. Park successfully pilots a shuttle program with COMET during Memorial Day Weekend to bring visitors into the park from the State Fair Grounds in Columbia. Paramedics are on duty for the entire event.