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Crews have begun preparing the park for spring.

Yesterday, Stockman Bank announced through their Montana Flood Relief Fund, a donation totaling $75,000 with more to come.

Celebrating its 150th Anniversary, many thought this would be the busiest year ever for Yellowstone National Park, however, flooding has put that in jeopardy.

Here is a list of verified GoFundMe pages set up to help Montana flood victims.

Flood levels measured on the Yellowstone River are beyond record levels.

As rivers and streams continue to rage, many parts of Montana are seeing near-record flooding which has resulted in the temporary closing of Yellowstone.

The Clark Fork river reached its flood stage on Wednesday night at 7.5 feet, according to meteorologist Brian Conlin with the National Weather Service, who spoke to KGVO news at about 3:30 Thursday morning.

Today is Election Day in Montana. Elections Administrator Bradley Seaman says all ballots must be dropped off no later than 8:00 p.m. to be counted.

Both the Clark Fork and Bitterroot Rivers are in flood stage and will be until further notice.

Rain has been falling steadily all night around western Montana, according to meteorologist Leeanne Allegretto with the National Weather Service Office in Missoula. She provided the overnight numbers as of 4:00 a.m.

A Flood Watch issued for the Bitterroot River.

The National Weather Service and the Missoula County Office of Emergency Management are warning of heavy rain and possible Clark Fork River flooding.