<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"></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>The Curmudgeon here, at least for item #1... this e-mail will also respond to some off-list stuff, on which I've been a bit delayed because of my step-daughter's surgery for a badly herniated disk. (She's much better today, thank you.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. The first 2009 issue of "Yellowstone Science" contains a nice article by Alethea Steingisser and W. Andrew Marcus, titled "Human Impacts on Geyser Basins" (<A href="http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/ys17(1)p1.pdf">www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/ys17(1)p1.pdf</A> and click on the top (part 1) link -- the article starts on page 7). Good enough (except for a couple of minor comments below)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BUT... how about that title photograph. If I was the authors I'd be severely disappointed; if I was anybody with the NPS who has anything to do with Yellowstone Science, I'd be really (really) upset. If you haven't seen it, here's a scan of that image (small jpg, embedded and attached)<IMG SRC="cid:X.MA1.1240689235@aol.com" style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 263px" height=263 width=480 vspace=5 comp_state="speed" DATASIZE="36218" ID="MA1.1240689235" ></DIV> <DIV>I trust you see what is wrong. The scene might look better if you hold the picture to a mirror.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sorry, folks, but that's bad.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. In Table 1 of the article, several places are noted with asterisks ("No data available"). This is, I guess conservatism by the authors, but I must say that since there has been zero geothermal development (other than use of natural runoff) in Kamchatka's Valley of Geysers, then the asterisk in the table's first column should be replaced with "No." Same for Umnak. Also, in this table, there most definitely was a negative effect of tourism on the geysers and springs at Steamboat Hot Springs (that, by the way, being the proper name for the place). There were what amount to tourism activities there at least as early as the 1860s plus there was the resort (I don't recall its date offhand), and there were some substantial alterations to the valley springs at Beowawe. I could make note of some other asterisks but won't.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. Here comes a point at which it is unfortunate that the annotated bibliography, that appeared in editions 1, 2, and 3 of my book had to be deleted from edition 4 (where the discussion about places around the world was significantly reduced, too) due to cost constraints. Anyhow, regarding the note on page 17 of the article, I wish it stated something a bit stronger -- not just records, but written records. I possess numerous reports, often including maps, that were never actually published -- I recall significant trials in obtaining several unpublished reports from the National Library in Australia. Anyhow, if it is in my book, it can be documented.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>4. I know there are always delays from manuscript to print, but still -- the 4th Edition of my book did come out around August 1, 2008, several months prior to this publication, so I find it too bad that it did not find its way into the "Literature Cited." I think some slightly-different numbers might be found there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>T. Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/>Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. <a href="http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown00000027">Try the new Email Toolbar now</a>!</font></DIV></BODY></HTML>