THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> SHE HAS THAT TICKET TO RIDE. >>> NOW TO OUR COUNTRY'S BREATHTAKING YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK CELEBRATING ITS 150th ANNIVERSARY AND IS FULLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN AFTER DEVASTATING FLOODS EARLIER THIS YEAR. TAKE A LOOK. WITH 2.2 MILLION ACRES OF MAJESTIC LANDSCAPE, GEOLOGIC WONDERS AND WANDERING WILDLIFE, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK IS ONE OF OUR COUNTRY'S CROWN JEWELS. >> IT IS ONE OF THE CENTERPIECES OF OUR NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AND TOURISTS CAN SEE WHAT THIS PARK HAS TO OFFER. >> Reporter: NESTLED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WYOMING WITH BORDERS IN IDAHO AND MONTANA, YELLOWSTONE IS STEEPED IN RICH HISTORY. THIS YEAR CELEBRATING ITS 150th ANNIVERSARY AS THE NATION'S FIRST NATIONAL PARK. KNOWN FOR ITS NEARLY 500 GEYSERS LIKE THE WORLD FAMOUS OLD FAITHFUL. AND THE HERITAGE OF ITS AMERICAN INDIAN PARTNERS. >> THAT'S BEEN A REALLY BIG PART OF OUR 150th COMMEMORATION. PARTNERING WITH AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES AND HAVING THEM BACK ON THE LANDSCAPE HERE IN YELLOWSTONE AND INTERACTING DIRECTLY WITH VISITORS. >> Reporter: 2022 BROUGHT HARDSHIP. IN JUNE, A DEVASTATING FLOOD RIPPED THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PARK AFTER UNPRECEDENTED RAIN. >> IT'S A 1 IN 500-YEAR EVENT. >> Reporter: KNOCKING OUT POWER, WASHING AWAY ROADS AND FORCING THE PARK TO CLOSE ITS NORTH ENTRANCE. >> YOU CAN SEE IT'S A NORMAL ROAD THEN SUDDENLY IT'S A 60-FOOT DROP INTO THE RIVER. >> Reporter: FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS JUMPING INTO ACTION TURNING AN OLD SINGLE LANE STAGECOACH PATH INTO THIS NEWLY PAVED ROAD ALLOWING THE NORTH ENTRANCE TO RE-OPEN TO VISITORS EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THIS WINTER SEASON ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE GEOLOGIC AREAS ON EARTH. >> TO HAVE IT OPEN WILL BE WONDERFUL. >> THE HOT SPRINGS HOTEL HOPING TO OFFER OVERNIGHT LODGING AGAIN IN THE NEW YEAR. >> EXPLORE YELLOWSTONE FOR THE DAY THEN TO COME BACK AND SIT DOWN WITH YOUR FAMILY AND REMINISCE ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AND HAVE A NICE WARM HOT COCOA AND CELEBRATE TIME WITH EACH OTHER IN A MAGICAL PLACE. >> Reporter: PART OF THAT MAGIC, THE PARK'S RESILIENCY. >> THE PARK AND THE ECOSYSTEM IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION EVEN AFTER THE FLOOD. IT WAS A DEVASTATING EVENT. NO QUESTION, BUT THERE'S A SILVER LINING IT SHOWED WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WE CAN GET A LOT DONE IN A SHORT AMOUNT O