All roads are now open, but are subject to closure.
Protecting Yellowstone is the responsibility of the American public. Yellowstone's bison continue to be threatened by the overzealous Montana Department of Livestock which insists upon the right to kill Yellowstone's bison which leave Park boundaries in the winter in search for forage. The pretense of such wanton destruction is the fact the Yellowstone's bison sometimes carry the disease brucellosis, which the DOL fears could harm domestic cattle, despite no evidence that such is the case. The Montana DOL has refused to back off their policies despite the fact that they now stand alone as the one government agency who insists upon killing Montana's bison. These alternatives each include a full range of management techniques, although they focus on one or two in particular.