APPROPRIATIONS:
Big Bucks for Big Sky Country
Andrew Lawler
Researchers at Montana State University studying the geology and biology of Yellowstone National Park, just across the Wyoming border, are expecting a $2 million geyser of federal funding, thanks to the kindness of a U.S. senator. The project joins three other Montana earmarks--unrequested funding targeted to a specific institution--in the Senate's version of the 1999 spending bill for NASA that total $7.5 million, and another project intended to benefit Montana that's included in a different portion of the bill that covers the National Science Foundation.