Visiting Yellowstone National Park this Winter? Here’s what to expect, and how the government shutdown could change that.

GARDINER, Mont. — NBC Montana went to the Northern Entrance at Yellowstone National Park at the gateway community of Gardiner to find out how businesses are rebounding from the flooding last year.

“The Park Street businesses here in Gardiner literally sit on Yellowstone’s northern boundary,” said Bierschwale, speaking of the community’s downtown row of saddle shops, galleries, bars and cafes.

“Gardiner is a company town and Yellowstone is the mill. If somebody starts screwing with the mill, we have no choice but to be concerned.” On March 1, hundreds of people gathered in Gardiner, Montana ...