n September 9, resources were reported as being "moved to deal with the antic.i.p.ated advance of the fires into the area of Mammoth." Residents who had made it back into Silver Gate and Cooke City were forced to evacuate again.

The first snow fell on September 11, easing the powder keg atmosphere and letting a number of personnel stand down. On September 26, the Unified Area Command issued their final report, though the fires smouldered until November.

In the aftermath, park scientists and naturalists are still studying the results of the historic event, while the predicted destruction of the tourist trade did not happen. People came in 1989, and in the twenty-first century, they continue to flock from all over the world to enjoy the wonders of Yellowstone and monitor the forest's rebirth.

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