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Yellowstone National Park receives funding from Great American Outdoors Act for $118 million replacement of Yellowstone River Bridge - NPS
Yellowstone National Park receives funding from Great American Outdoors Act for $118 million replacement of Yellowstone River Bridge Yellowstone River Bridge closeup NPS/Doug Madsen News Release Date: March 23, 2023 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY – Yellowstone National Park recently awarded an approximately $118 million construction contract to replace the structurally deficient Yellowstone River Bridge on the Northeast Entrance Road near Tower Junction. Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), this project will preserve year-round public access to and from the park’s Northeast Entrance and communities of Silver Gate and Cooke City, Montana. "As a vital piece of the only road corridor in the park that is plowed for winter use, the Yellowstone River Bridge provides visitors and communities with all-season opportunities to enjoy the beauty of the world's first n...
Warning from Yellowstone's Lead Fisheries Biologist about Smallmouth Bass Found in Gardner River, North of Yellowstone
Statement from Yellowstone National Park Lead Fisheries Biologist Todd Koel about Montana FWP’s announcement of the smallmouth bass found in the Gardner River, north of Yellowstone National Park Smallmouth bass USFWS / Eric Engbretson News Release Date: March 9, 2022 Contact: Morgan Warthin , (307) 344-2015 “Smallmouth bass are an invasive predatory species that will threaten our wild and native trout populations if they become established in the upper Yellowstone River. Since anglers are highly effective at suppressing invasive fish in waters where they coexist with native species such as cutthroat trout, they will be required to kill and report any smallmouth bass caught in Yellowstone National Park when the fishing season opens Memorial Day weekend. Additionally, Yellowstone National Park and USGS biologists w...