<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Going for legal charges is the right thing to do. This season is off to bad start, and some publicity that rules are rules, and that consequences are possible, needs to be put out there in the public eye.<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 18, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Barbara Lasseter <<a href="mailto:barbara.lasseter@gmail.com" class="">barbara.lasseter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Geyser Report Wednesday, May 18,2016<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not much in the way of geysers, but it was so-o-o good to get into the park!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">I arrived West Yellowstone late last Thursday, and have just gotten organized enough to plan a trip into the park today.</span><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">TH-FR-SAT were sunny and warm. SUN began with 38 degree rain. On Mon the rain had frozen bits in it for a while, but you have to look hard to find snow except on the peaks. Today started at 28 degrees, briefly became uncomfortably warm while waiting at Grand, then clouds cooled it off again.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">The new boardwalk Castle to Sawmill (with fence on both sides) is progessing. Finish date is 5/20. The bridge was out late this AM. Wouldn't you love to have those old bridge boards? That was some lumber! </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Local news has been covering 2 incidents that may or may not have been widely broadcast:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">1. A Canadian visitor to the park this past week saw a lone bison calf looking very cold. He loaded the calf in his car and took it to a ranger (a rental car, I assume). The herd rejected reintroduction of the calf and it was euthanized. Charges have been filed and more are pending. He has an appearance scheduled. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">2. Four more Canadian men (part of a weekend adventure group?) walked out to Grand Prismatic and hammed it up a bit over the weekend. Charges are pending.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size:small" class="">There are new signs along the roadways that read "No stopping, parking, or walking along the road. Use pullouts to view wildlife" (Hope I got the wording right). The park newspaper doesn't repeat those words, but reads "...stay in your car to view animals" and "Do not stop on or block a road." and "...do not stop or impede the safe and free flow of traffic along any portion of the roadway." I particularly liked " "Show patience and courtesy to other people." There is a mild comment on selfies this year, too. To clarify the "no stopping along roadways" vs "do not stop or impede traffic", I asked a ranger naturalist whose interpretation was that the signs refer to the specific problem stretch of roadway where they are posted--safe stopping (over the white line) is acceptable elsewhere.</span><br class=""></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Lower Store and OF Lodge should open Fri. Marmots are out behind Grand. They are NOT hazing bison from Horse Butte this year.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Tara Cross is playing at the Inn this summer on an intermittent schedule that includes some 1330-1730 shifts as well as some evenings.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Beehive: 5/17-1201 GT; 5/18 0335wc GT</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Grand: 0236 wc GT, 1023 (2 bursts, turban start, Q) after a couple of long Turban intervals (25 & 30min) earlier.</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Lion: 0241 initial wc GT, 0406 wc GT, and I saw it ie as I left at 1110</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Oblong: 0849ns frs</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Riverside: 0024 wc GT: 0709 gazer report</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Daisy: 0817 frs</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Firehole Canyon is open, but as expected, Steel Bridge, Fountain Flat, Firehole Lake, Whiskey Flat(s) are not. </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class="">Barbara Lasseter</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><span style="font-size:small" class=""> </span></div></div>
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