<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Thanks so much for the summary of the meeting, Jake. I missed the one in Cody as that was the window we had to get to Colorado and pick up the last things we still had stored there. <br> <br> The bigger picture of managing Yellowstone is so complex. I'm grateful for those good people working on the issues.<br> <br> Janet White<br> Geyser Watch .com<br> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/18/2014 10:22 PM, Jacob Young wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:38678811.1554436.1416374530083.JavaMail.yahoo@jws10060.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56562" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56585">I attended one of the public comment meetings this evening in Bozeman along with Will Boekel.  I didn't necessarily have much to comment on but I wanted to see what one of these meetings was like.</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56562" dir="ltr"><span><br> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56562" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56588">The crowd of about 20 heard from acting superintendent Steve Iobst.  The head backcountry ranger and the head law enforcement ranger plus another Yellowstone somebody were also there.</span></div> </div> </blockquote> <blockquote cite="mid:38678811.1554436.1416374530083.JavaMail.yahoo@jws10060.mail.ne1.yahoo.com" type="cite"> <div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56562" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56719">It was a good experience overall and the bureucracy of it all seemed much further away in an intimate setting.  I left feeling satisfied that there ARE reasonable, articulate, and thoughtful public servants working in Yellowstone.  </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56562" dir="ltr"><span><br> </span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56562" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56691">Jake Young</span></div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56638"><br> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56689"><br> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56690"><br> </div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56584"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56583"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56582"> <hr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56581" size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56612" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> JEFFREY CROSS <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jeff.cross@utah.edu"><jeff.cross@utah.edu></a><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">"geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu"</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu"><geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu></a> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 16, 2014 9:19 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Geysers] Entrance and Backcountry Fee<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56613"><br> <div id="yiv5757540854"> <style type="text/css">#yiv5757540854 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}</style> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56615"> <div style="direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56614">Note that Yellowstone is proposing to increase the entrance fee, and also to institute an overnight backcountry use fee.<br> <br> Comments must be turned in by December 5th, 2014.<br> <br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/14083.htm" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1415904305191_56755">http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/14083.htm</a><br> <br> What do we think of these ideas?<br> <br> Jeff Cross<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jeff.cross@utah.edu">jeff.cross@utah.edu</a><br> </div> </div> </div> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Geysers mailing list<br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" ymailto="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu" href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a><br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers" target="_blank">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a><br> <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <br> <pre wrap="">_______________________________________________ Geysers mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu">Geysers@lists.wallawalla.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers">https://lists.wallawalla.edu/mailman/listinfo/geysers</a></pre> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>