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Yellowstone Park gateway towns fret about tourism future

Medications sit in mud on the floor of a home damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Matt Holmes, left, packs up belongings with his daughter, Harlee, 8, from left, and sons Gavin, 9, and Creek, 3, as the family is forced to leave their home left damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

CORRECTS SPELLING OF FIRST NAME TO HARLEE INSTEAD OF HARLEY - Harlee Holmes, 8, right, helps her brother Creek, 3, put his shoes on as the family packs up to leave their home that was damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Jerry Hall stirs a tray of pulled pork while helping to cook for residents impacted by the flooding at a donation center set up at the high school in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tina Foust, right, and Phil DeHaan distribute clean-up kits to areas damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Neighbors look at a backyard after it was damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Melody Murter puts on a mask while helping to clean out a friend's home after it was damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Aileen Rogers, right, and Melody Murter help clean out a friend's house badly damaged by the severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Medications sit in mud on the floor of a home damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Matt Holmes, left, packs up belongings with his daughter, Harlee, 8, from left, and sons Gavin, 9, and Creek, 3, as the family is forced to leave their home left damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Harley Holmes, 8, right, helps her bother, Creek, 3, put his shoes on as the family packs up to leave their home left damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Jerry Hall stirs a tray of pulled pork while helping to cook for residents impacted by the flooding at a donation center set up at the high school in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Tina Foust, right, and Phil DeHaan distribute clean-up kits to areas damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Neighbors look at a backyard after it was damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Melody Murter puts on a mask while helping to clean out a friend's home after it was damaged by severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Aileen Rogers, right, and Melody Murter help clean out a friend's house badly damaged by the severe flooding in Fromberg, Mont., Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2021, photo, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte speaks after being sworn into office in the Governor's Reception Room of the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. Amid heavy criticism six days after leaving the country without telling his constituents, Gianforte's office confirmed that he had gone to Italy with his wife. His office said he was briefed regularly about intense flooding that devastated the northern part of Yellowstone National Park and nearby communities. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)

Kevin Bonk shows a door with the high water mark after cleaning out his house, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Kevin Bonk rests after cleaning out his house, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Chris Prindiville is seen outside his café, Prindy's Place, on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. Floodwaters that surged down the city's main thoroughfare on Monday did not get into the restaurant, but Prindiville says for now he's unable to open because gas and water service has yet to be restored. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

A Montana National Guard soldier is seen next to a barrier blocking the main thoroughfare through Red Lodge, Mont., on Thursday, June 16, 2022, after flooding pummeled parts of the city near Yellowstone National Park. State officials say it could take months to repair area roads that link the tourist-dependent community and the park. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Thomas Smith looks over belongings from his basement that were left under several feet of water when floodwaters poured through Red Lodge, Mont. on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Earlier in the week, in this June 16, 2022 photo. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

An ad-hoc "bucket brigade" of volunteer cleanup workers walk down a street in Red Lodge, Mont. as they head to a flood-damaged house to remove mud and water from its basement, on Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Bob Conover is seen tossing ruined construction materials onto a pile of flood debris in a neighborhood of Red Lodge, Mont., on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Homeowners and business cleaned up from record flooding earlier this week that caused damage to hundreds of homes across southern Montana and forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Jack Koch is seen dumping a bucket of mud that was pulled out of a flooded house by a volunteer cleanup crew, Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Patrick Sipp, co-owner of Flying Pig Adventures, pets his dog, Bonnie, as employees Jackson Muller, right, and Christie Davis sit in a raft while Yellowstone National Park is closed due to historic flooding in Gardiner, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. "We're definitely a resilient company, we've got a very tough crew," Sipp said. "But it's devastating. You just hate seeing stuff like that in the community. We're just hoping that we can get back out there relatively soon." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Crews work to fix sections of residential streets damaged by recent floodwaters in Red Lodge, Mont., Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Receding floodwaters flow past sections of North Entrance Road washed away at Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., Thursday, June 16, 2022. Yellowstone officials are hopeful that next week they can reopen the southern half of the park, which includes Old Faithful geyser. Park officials say the northern half of the park, however, is likely to remain closed all summer, a devastating blow to the local economies that rely on tourism. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Marvin Rodenbeck and Mac Dean move a soaked futon from a motel basement Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. The Yodeler Motel was one of about 250 buildings that flooded in Carbon County when torrential rains swelled waterways across the Yellowstone region. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Mac Dean, owner of the Yodeler Motel, moves a water-logged mattress from a lower level room Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. His business was one of about 250 buildings that flooded in Carbon County when torrential rains swelled waterways across the Yellowstone region. (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Receding floodwaters flow past sections of North Entrance Road washed away at Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., Thursday, June 16, 2022. Yellowstone officials are hopeful that next week they can reopen the southern half of the park, which includes Old Faithful geyser. Park officials say the northern half of the park, however, is likely to remain closed all summer, a devastating blow to the local economies that rely on tourism. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Crews work to fill in sections of residential streets washed away by recent floodwaters in Red Lodge, Mont., Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT DAY AND DATE TO TUESDAY, JUNE 14 - In this photo released by the Montana National Guard, a helicopter crew member is seen above a flooded home during search and rescue operations near Yellowstone National Park, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Floodwaters that rushed through Yellowstone National Park and surrounding communities earlier this week are moving through Montana's largest city, flooding farms and ranches and forcing the shutdown of its water treatment plant. (Montana National Guard via AP)

Katie Gale, and her dog, Rory, wait for customers at Paradise Adventure Company which sits across from the entrance to Yellowstone National Park, a major tourist attraction now closed due to the historic floodwaters, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Gardiner, Mont. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A road ends where floodwaters washed away a house in Gardiner, Mont., Thursday, June 16, 2022. Yellowstone officials are hopeful that next week they can reopen the southern half of the park, which includes Old Faithful geyser. Park officials say the northern half of the park, however, is likely to remain closed all summer, a devastating blow to the local economies that rely on tourism. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A volunteer cleans out a flooded basement Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation's oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

A sunken vehicle rests in front of home where volunteers are cleaning out a flooded basement Thursday, June 16, 2022, in Red Lodge, Mont. Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation's oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Pedestrians walk down a street washed away from Rock Creek floodwaters in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A house sits in Rock Creek after floodwaters washed away a road and a bridge in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Kirstyn Brown, left, cleans out damaged clothing from her flooded home with the help of her mother, Cheryl Pruitt, right, and her sister-in-law, Randi Pruitt, in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. On Wednesday, residents in Red Lodge, a gateway town to Yellowstone Park's northern end, used shovels, wheelbarrows and a pump to clear thick mud and debris from flooded homes along the banks of Rock Creek. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A house sits in Rock Creek after floodwaters washed away a road and a bridge in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A collapsed train bridge is shown along the Yellowstone River Wednesday, June 15, 2022, near Livingston, Mont. Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation's oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Highway workers build up the shoreline of a washed out bridge along the Yellowstone River Wednesday, June 15, 2022, near Gardiner, Mont. Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation's oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Yellowstone Park gateway towns fret about tourism future