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Interpretive park rangers at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center in Yellowstone National Park hand out educational materials to three prospective Junior Rangers earlier this month. (Yellowstone Gate photo by Ruffin Prevost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LAKE VILLAGE, Wyo. \u2014 A historic roadside stop in Yellowstone National Park reopened this year to little fanfare after an extended closure for renovations. But longtime fans of the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center who might be worried about drastic changes can rest assured that it\u2019s still for the birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hate to say it was known for a bunch of birds, but that\u2019s what most people remember about it,\u201d said Janis Buckerus, supervisory ranger for Yellowstone\u2019s Lake District, describing the extensive avian taxidermy on display for nearly a century at Fishing Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was then known as the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center and Trailside Museum opened in 1931, containing several display cases with a total of 170 birds. Many were posed and preserved by Carl Russell, a longtime National Park Service employee who served as chief naturalist and later as superintendent of Yosemite National Park. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 100 bird specimens were cleaned and restored as part of recently completed renovations at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center in Yellowstone National Park. (Yellowstone Gate photo by Ruffin Prevost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During renovations, the birds were sent away for cleaning and restoration, and the Center now hosts 112 of them in new displays that offer greatly improved interpretive context. The remaining specimens are archived at a park facility in Gardiner, Montana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was always a beloved visitor area to begin with, because I think a lot of people do like the birds,\u201d Buckerus said. \u201cBut now that they\u2019re more in their ecological context, I think that\u2019s probably the biggest benefit to visiting there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Center closed in 2019 for planned renovations, part of an approximately $500,000 project covered by federal funds and a matching grant from Yellowstone Forever, the park\u2019s nonprofit partner, Buckerus said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After park-wide disruptions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and last year\u2019s June floods, it reopened this spring, but with little notice or publicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off the beaten path<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Approximately 14,000 people each week stopped by the Center this summer, Buckerus said. \u201cA lot of the visitors have been very complimentary, and the staff have enjoyed it. They practically give tours of the museum now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facility sees fewer visitors than some others like it in Yellowstone because it is \u201ca bit off the beaten path,\u201d Buckerus said. The Center is set back from the road and is less visible to passing traffic, and restrooms are at a separate location nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bird taxidermy displays dating to the early 1930s have been upgraded with enhanced interpretive context at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center. (Yellowstone Gate photo by Ruffin Prevost)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fishing Bridge was one of four \u201croadside museums\u201d built in the early 1930s based on a 1928 proposal by then-Superintendent Horace Albright, said Linda Veress, a park spokeswoman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albright saw the museums as a way for visitors to \u201cmake their sojourn educationally as well as recreationally profitable,\u201d and additional ones built at Madison Junction and Norris Geyser Basin remain. One built at Old Faithful was torn down and replaced in 1972. That structure was also razed decades later, and is now the site of the current Old Faithful Visitor Education Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remaining three roadside museums were designated National Historic Landmarks in 1982, Veress said, \u201cbecause their exaggerated features and organic forms exemplify rustic design in the national parks, and served as models for hundreds of park buildings constructed during work relief programs of the 1930s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs envisioned by the chairman of the American Association of Museums, Hermon Bumpus, they also established the idea of \u2018trailside museums\u2019 where visitors could learn about an area within a park,\u201d she said. \u201cBumpus regarded national parks as \u2018roofless museums of nature,\u2019 the park itself being an unlabeled exhibit and the trailside museum as the place to provide the labels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bird identification<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At Fishing Bridge, the bird displays were originally meant to help visitors identify species they were likely to see in the area. And while they still are, they now also show each bird\u2019s role in the Yellowstone ecosystem in greater detail. The Center also includes a room-sized, three-dimensional topographic map of the Lake District, as well as interpretive displays about the detrimental effects of invasive lake trout on native Yellowstone cutthroat trout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other improvements made during the renovation include removing an added interior wall that had covered windows that once again provide views of Yellowstone Lake, upgrading the information desk and improving accessibility for those with mobility issues, Buckerus said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visitors to Yellowstone National Park take a break earlier this month at the beach along Yellowstone Lake while stopping at the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center. (Yellowstone Gate photo by Ruffin Prevost)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Center also offers the latest information about forest regrowth since the historic 1988 fires that covered one-third of Yellowstone, as well as fire\u2019s role in the ecosystem. And it includes displays highlighting what lies beneath Yellowstone Lake, which is North America\u2019s largest alpine lake, reaching depths of nearly 400 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Half of the lake lies within the caldera of the Yellowstone Supervolcano, and recent scientific research has revealed \u201ca vast field of active hydrothermal features\u201d under its surface, Veress said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another display offers details on the presence of Native peoples in what is now the Lake District stretching back over 11,000 years, Buckerus said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burke Masles, a software engineer from Grass Valley, California, stopped by Fishing Bridge on a visit to Yellowstone earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe whole area is incredibly beautiful,\u201d said Masles, a first-time Yellowstone visitor who spent part of his afternoon at Fishing Bridge to learn more about the area\u2019s history and ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really put together well, and the displays are informative and look really good,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m glad I came in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republished with permission from Wyoming Truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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