<div>Furthermore...When we observed the forestry crew chopping up the downed trees (across the board walk just past F&M) in Aug.07 they told us "only an ax could be used because the exhaust fumes from chain saws are prohibited". It seemed like an inefficient way to accomplish the task. The evidence of their work still lays at the edge of the board walk leading to Morning Gloryless pool. I'm not clear if that policy pertains only to the geyser basins or is it a park wide policy? Perhaps that would account for a reluctance to "enhance vistas". Chopping trees with an ax is barbaric! Where are the beavers when you need them?</div>
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<div>David Prast <br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/2.4/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bruce Jensen</b> <<a href="mailto:bpnjensen@yahoo.com">bpnjensen@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Freund, Udo <<a href="mailto:udo.freund@lmco.com">udo.freund@lmco.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>> From: Freund, Udo <<a href="mailto:udo.freund@lmco.com">udo.freund@lmco.com</a>><br>> Subject: [Geysers] 1950's Inn<br>> To: "Geyser Observation Reports" <<a href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a>><br>
> Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 3:21 PM<br>> Note the lack of trees in front of the Inn even as recently<br>> as the late<br>> 1950's. I wish NPS would enhance today's view by<br>> removing a few. Heck,<br>
> cut 'em all. It's not like they're endangered.<br>> <<18-former.jpg>><br>><br>> Udo Freund<br><br>I think that might be OK. In Yosemite, trees have been removed from a handful of major historic scenic locations recently to restore views that had been lost over the years; a similar argument could likely be made for the front of the Inn.<br>
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