<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 3/24/2006 10:09:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, Guyser1@aol.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I would, (and will,) call the super's office and ask for an explanation.  Is this a research project or just elitist abuse?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>I don't think it takes much of a look to see the NPS green color of that clothing. I could be wrong of course, since I don't KNOW who it was out on the cone. But given the sensitivity to off-trail areas, this is of course the ideal time for NPS personnel to conduct whatever research it is that they want to accomplish. Old Faithful just happens to be the one place in the YNP geyser basins where their "act" can be captured by the Webcam.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It ought to be rather easy to check to see if there was legitimate research project happening out there. It would undoubtedly have been conducted by people with the Yellowstone Center for Resources -- folks like Henry heasler, for example, or maybe some biologist I suppose. Calling the Superintendent's office will only result in a run-around, as the person you talk to there no doubt will be a receptionist who certainly will have no idea whatsoever as to whether or not somebody permitted was on OF's cone. And I sincerely doubt, too, if the Supt would know, either.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This "elitist" business comes up every year or two. How strange. How ridiculous for somebody to jump on that thought.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>