YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park has completed its first major project funded by the federal economic stimulus program.
Park officials say they have resurfaced the 11-mile section of road between the Lewis River Bridge and the park's South Entrance. The work cost $1.2 million.
Yellowstone is receiving $14.7 million in federal stimulus funding for 14 projects. The entire National Park Service system is receiving $750 million from the stimulus program.
DWR stocks Strawberry
Strawberry Reservoir lures thousands of people for its trout fishing, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources wants to give fishermen a great catch on the line in the years to come. So the DWR has stocked the reservoir with half a million cutthroat trout.
Volunteers save Salt Lake
20,000 Salt Lake County residents who volunteered during 2011 had their efforts valued at $20 million.
Bus driver on leave
A mother said she is traumatized after her 7-year-old daughter was abandoned in an unfamiliar neighborhood.
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