安格斯·M·瑟默尔 Jr.黄石国家公园和科罗拉多州公司塔尔格拉斯（Tallgrass）已为美国第一个国家公园启动一项1.05亿美元的保护与管理基金，称其为该机构历史上最大的单笔私人捐赠。塔尔格拉斯正在怀俄明州夏延附近建设一个人工智能电力中心。
ANGUS M. THUERMER Jr. Yellowstone National Park and Tallgrass, a Colorado company building an AI power hub near Cheyenne, have launched a $105 million conservation and stewardship fund for the country’s first national park, calling it the largest single private gift in the agency’s history.
公园周一宣布设立该基金，与其非营利保护合作伙伴“黄石永恒”（Yellowstone Forever）以及塔尔格拉斯共同宣布。塔尔格拉斯是黑石基础设施（Blackstone Infrastructure）的投资组合公司。该基金将为长期管理提供永久性支持，各方表示。
该计划将资助的项目之一是诺里斯间歇泉盆地（Norris Geyser Basin）的一座3500万美元游客中心，塔尔格拉斯高级副总裁史蒂文·戴维森（Steven Davidson）在接受WyoFile采访时表示。
The park announced creation of the fund Monday in conjunction with its nonprofit conservation partner, Yellowstone Forever, and Tallgrass, a Blackstone Infrastructure portfolio company. The fund will establish a permanent source of support for long-term stewardship, the groups said. Among the projects the effort will fund is a $35 million visitor center at Norris Geyser Basin, Steven Davidson, senior vice president at Tallgrass said in an interview with WyoFile. “There’s no place for you to sit and engage with a ranger directly,” he said of the sprawling basin.
“在那里你没有地方坐下来直接与护林员交流，”他谈到这个广阔的盆地时说。该中心将提供“更具互动性”的体验机会，他说。
The center will offer opportunities for experiences that are “a bit more interactive,” he said. The fund will advance conservation and research, invest in infrastructure and expand opportunities for Wyoming residents and students to visit the 2.2 million-acre reserve.
该基金将推动保护与研究，投资基础设施，并扩大怀俄明州居民和学生参观这片220万英亩保护区的机会。各方表示，这笔捐赠将设立“塔尔格拉斯怀俄明黄石计划”（Tallgrass WYld Yellowstone Initiative），以这家在怀俄明州运营超过十年的公司命名。
The groups said the donation will establish the Tallgrass WYld Yellowstone Initiative, named for the company that’s been operating in Wyoming for more than a decade.
“重点是怀俄明州，”戴维森说。“如果你是怀俄明州的孩子、家庭，我们将把这些项目针对你们。让我们为怀俄明州的孩子们感到骄傲，也为他们争取利益。”戈登州长称这笔捐赠“非同寻常”，并表示这将帮助怀俄明州学生更好地与黄石国家公园建立联系。
“The focus is for Wyoming,” Davidson said. “If you are a Wyoming kid, family, we are going to target these programs for you. Let’s be proud and selfish for Wyoming kids.”Gov. Gordon called the gift “extraordinary” and said it will help Wyoming students better connect with Yellowstone.
“公园93%的面积位于怀俄明州，但怀俄明州极少数学童真正了解这是一个多么非凡的地方，”他在接受采访时说。这是因为热爱户外活动的怀俄明州人“早已都有自己心仪的地方。”
“Ninety-three percent of the park is in Wyoming, and so few of our school kids in Wyoming really know what a remarkable place that is,” he said in an interview. That’s because people in Wyoming who love the outdoors “already all have favorite places.”
“我们拥有几乎到处都是的美丽山脉，因此除非你对黄石公园的历史以及一些非凡之处有所了解，否则为什么要放过温德河山脉或阿布萨罗卡山脉呢？”他说，了解黄石野生动物的迁徙路线，能将公园置于该州其他地区的背景中加以理解。他说，该计划的教育和准入要素“给了我们一个机会，真正谈论黄石与怀俄明州其他所有精彩之处的关联性。”
“We’re blessed with beautiful mountains almost everywhere, and so unless you have a sort of a sense of the history and (of) some of the remarkable stuff about Yellowstone, why would you skip over the Winds or the Absarokas?”Learning about the migration routes of Yellowstone wildlife puts the park in context with the rest of the state, he said. The education and access elements of the initiative “gives us an opportunity to really talk about the connectivity with all the other great parts of Wyoming,” he said.
在诺里斯，游客中心提供更多解说内容，将让游客的交流“不仅仅局限于：你来了，看了，”他说。“谈论该区域的独特性，对公园游客来说普遍是一件有价值的事。”
At Norris, more interpretation provided at a visitor center would allow visitors to talk about “more than just: You came and saw,” he said. “Talking about the uniqueness of that area is a valuable thing for visitors at the park generally.”
内政部长道格·伯古姆称这项投资“具有历史意义”，并在声明中表示，它汇聚了“美国企业精神与自然保护的精华”。“我们感谢黑石集团、塔尔格拉斯能源和‘黄石永远’基金会的合作与非凡承诺，”声明写道。
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum called the investment “historic,” and said in a statement it brings together “the best of American enterprise and conservation.”“We’re grateful to Blackstone, Tallgrass and Yellowstone Forever for their partnership and extraordinary commitment,” his statement reads.
对于黑石集团而言，这份捐赠“体现了我们的信念，即基础设施投资能够并且应该成为一股向善的力量，帮助我们投资黄石的未来以及周边社区的发展，”公司全球基础设施主管肖恩·克利姆扎克在声明中说。
For Blackstone, the gift “reflects our belief that infrastructure investment can and should be a force for good, helping us invest in Yellowstone’s future and the growth of the communities that surround it,” Sean Klimczak, the company’s global head of infrastructure said in a statement.
黄石永久基金会总裁兼首席执行官丽莎·迪克曼称这笔捐赠是一项变革性投资。她说：“这使我们既能满足当下的紧迫需求，又能为研究、教育、保护管理和游客基础设施建立持久支持，从而为子孙后代守护这座公园。”这笔捐赠正值美国第一个国家公园——黄石国家公园面临变革与挑战之际。国家公园管理局估计，黄石公园积压的维护和修缮费用达12亿美元。巴克利·特林布尔刚刚履新，出任黄石国家公园代理主管。他接替了离任的卡姆·肖利，后者在该岗位上任职八年。
Lisa Diekmann, president and CEO of Yellowstone Forever, called the gift a transformational investment. “It gives us the ability to meet urgent needs today while building enduring support for the research, education, stewardship and visitor infrastructure that will protect this park for generations to come.”The gift comes at a time of change and challenge for Yellowstone, the country’s first national park. The Park Service estimates $1.2 billion in deferred maintenance and repairs . Barclay Trimble just assumed duties as Acting Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. He replaced Cam Sholly, who left his post after eight years.
总部位于科罗拉多州的“塔尔格拉斯”公司是一家“多元商品基础设施”企业，运营着超过1万英里的管道。今年早些时候，该公司获批在夏延以南建设一个人工智能数据中心。据“测度人工智能”报道，谷歌将成为塔尔格拉斯的合作伙伴，这是从最初的合作伙伴“克鲁索”公司的一次更换。
Tallgrass, a “multi-commodity infrastructure” company based in Colorado, operates more than 10,000 miles of pipelines. Early this year it received approval to build an AI data center south of Cheyenne. Google will be Tallgrass’ partner, according to Measured AI , a recent switch from original partner Cruso.
塔尔格拉斯正在为这个18亿瓦的项目建设燃气发电的“夏延电力枢纽”。塔尔格拉斯这项70亿美元的项目位于夏延以南的“芒草”工业园，占地超过1000英亩。根据规划，数据中心将占用超过700英亩。该数据中心遭到了拉勒米县农村邻居的抵制，他们担心视野受损和潜在的水污染。
Tallgrass is building the gas-fired Cheyenne Power Hub for the 1.8 gigawatt project. Tallgrass’ $7 billion project is located on more than 1,000 acres in the Switchgrass industrial park south of Cheyenne. The data center will occupy more than 700 acres, according to plans. The data center has faced pushback from rural neighbors in Laramie County concerned about lost views and potential water contamination.
周一，塔尔格拉斯总裁兼首席执行官克里斯塔尔·海特在宣布向黄石公园捐赠的声明中表示，公司很自豪能够加强公园与下一代的联系。
On Monday, Tallgrass President and CEO Crystal Heter said, in a statement announcing the donation to Yellowstone, that the company is proud to strengthen the park’s connection with the next generation.