[Geysers] Vista clearing

[Ruth & Leslie Quinn]

All,
    I hope it is possible to get some Vista Clearing done in front of the Inn. While we're at it, the trees that grow between the East Wing and Old Faithful Geyser are just as new, and ruin the geyser view of the rooms there. They should go as well.
    Around the Park, Tower Falls needs Vista Clearing to maintain the view of the falls from the platform (especially since the trail to view the falls from the bottom is closed,  probably permanently). When the Visitor Center and main Restaurant were built at Grant Village, they were built back from the lake with the intention of keeping their vistas clear. When it was finally noticed that the vistas were almost closed, the NPS did something about it -- they cut the trees blocking the view from the VC. Last I knew, the restaurant has still lost its view (if I'm wrong on this and they did that one finally, I apologize).
    But anyway, yes! We have built so many things with the intention of them having a view, and the lodgepole pine is anything but threatened (even in Colorado, where a good hot fire or two will wipe out pine bark beetle habitat, just like it did in Yellowstone in 1988!). It would be lovely to restore a few views!
    Just one of the rabble,
Leslie Quinn
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