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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — The U.S. Secretary of the Interior visited the country’s first national park on Friday, where she praised bipartisan legislation that has allowed the park to fund road improvements, bridge replacements and the rehabilitation of historic sites.

At an overlook on the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland touted Yellowstone’s plan to invest $121.5 million in improving park infrastructure — a move made possible through the passage of the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act.

Money from the act’s Legacy Restoration Fund is going toward rehabilitating 22 miles of the Grand Loop Road from Old Faithful to West Thumb and replacing the Lewis River Bridge south of Yellowstone Lake. It’s also funding the restoration of two historic buildings by Old Faithful and Fort Yellowstone, according to the Department of the Interior.


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