[Geysers] Important Document--Comment Period Closes in 2 Days

[JEFFREY CROSS]

Section 6 suggests that regulations should be made even when the suspicion of a negative effect is anticipated.

Regulations should be based on science and direct observation of a problem.

Regulations should not be based on speculation about what kinds of problems *might* happen.

For example, one could argue that nobody should be allowed outdoors in YNP at night because you can't see the animals, and could therefore end up way closer than the 25-yard or 100-yard limit without knowing it.

This kind of thinking has already happened twice:

1) We've already seen what happens when you argue that nobody is allowed to pick up geyser basin trash because someone *might* get hurt while doing so.

2) Shoshone is closed not because people get hurt there a lot, but because someone *might* get hurt, and because there *might* be bad impacts in the North and South Groups if people keep going there, not because there actually *are* any bad impacts.

It's a bad idea to make regulations based on this kind of speculation.

Making speculation an official part of NPS policy is a really bad idea.

Jeff

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I read some of this and have no idea what this is really about. Can you explain?

On Nov 17, 2016 10:56 AM, "JEFFREY CROSS" <jeff.cross at utah.edu<mailto:jeff.cross at utah.edu>> wrote:
Please read and take note of the following document, especially section 6 (lines 215-264).

The public comment period closes on **November 18th.**

There is little time.

Think about the implications of this policy, please.

Thanks.

Jeff Cross
jeff.cross at utah.edu<mailto:jeff.cross at utah.edu>


https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?documentID=75328

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