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The Yellowstone Park Foundation has announced $200,000 in funding for a variety of projects, including $60,000 for preservation of a unique and historic wall covering in the Old Faithful Lower Hamilton Store. (Wikimedia\/Acroterion)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Staff Reports<\/h3>\n

BOZEMAN, MONT. \u2014\u00a0A host of diverse projects in Yellowstone National Park \u2014\u00a0including bat research, geyser data sharing and even preserving a unique and historic wall covering \u2014 will receive financial support this year from the Yellowstone Park Foundation, the park’s official fundraising partner.<\/p>\n

The Foundation has announced more than $200,000 in new grants aimed at helping park managers, researchers and others achieve important goals that are not necessarily covered by the park’s $69.5 million annual budget.<\/p>\n

Each year, Yellowstone\u2019s superintendent submits proposals to the Yellowstone Park Foundation for projects that are unfunded or not fully funded by the National Park Service. The independent, nonprofit Foundation’s board decides on projects and funding.<\/p>\n

Though the Bozeman, Mont.-based Foundation may be best known for making large, high-profile grants for major projects \u2014 including millions of dollars to assist with lake trout reduction measures and construction of a new visitor center at Old Faithful<\/a> \u2014 it also makes smaller but significant grants to a wide range of other projects.<\/p>\n

“Our role as Yellowstone\u2019s fundraising partner is to follow the needs of the Park,” Foundation President Karen Bates Kress said in a written statement. “When Yellowstone<\/a> has priority needs to meet, we aim to respond as quickly as we can.\u00a0 Citizen stewardship of the park makes that possible.”<\/p>\n

The round of grants approved last month by the Foundations directors includes:<\/p>\n