Vol 3, # 74

   Wednesday, August 25, 1999

YELLOWSTONE
WEATHER
Highs 80s, Lows 40s
Partly Sunny
 

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ROAD REPORT
Some road
construction
delays.
 

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (NPS) -- Yellowstone National Park officials have announced that a fog seal project is now underway on the Norris-to-Canyon and Norris-to-Gibbon Meadow roads in the park, a total of 18 miles.

Fog sealing began on Tuesday, August 24 and will continue through today, Wednesday, August 25, 1999, between the hours of 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.   Motorists can expect up to thirty minute delays while the project is underway.

Fog sealing roads is a process of spraying a thin layer of oil onto a road surface. The fog seal helps preserve and waterproof a wear surface on an older road until road reconstruction can be accomplished.

The fog sealing process must be done during warm weather, and adverse weather could delay the fog sealing and require rescheduling.

Park visitors are encouraged to call the park headquarters at (307) 344-7381 for current information on road projects and closures.

Editor's Note:  Internet users may also find road information for Yellowstone by clicking here.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS

Ralph Maughan
Kim Steinbacher
Kevin Sanders
Steve Brashear
Clint Wilkes
Tim Gourley
Hon. Bob Gammage
Ruth Colter-Frick
Lee Whittlesey
Tom Mazzarisi
Russ Finley
David Monteith
Denise Elmer
Dr. Robert Bara

BELGRADE, Mont. (YNET) -- This weeks P&P is from our forum, Matthew, the FunkyGeyser Man wrote this and I asked him if it was OK to share it with everyone in our Newspaper...he said "sure" so I hope you enjoy.

Hello everyone!! Someone asked me for help planning a five day trip in Yellowstone so I started to work something out based on my knowledge of the park. I realized that what I was writing might interest others, so I decided to post it here for everyone to use. I hope it helps!

Yellowstone in five days!!!

First of all, get yourself a Yellowstone map. Use it while you read this. If you can't get a map right away, be sure to get one before your trip. What you are going to do is pinpoint your base camp on the map and check out the distances to all the different areas. You will plan each day according to how close each area is to each other. Basically, you will keep your travels confined to one sector of the park each day. I will be dividing the park into four sectors starting now!!!

Southwest Sector:

This is the main geyser region of the park. The road in this area was recently redone so you should have smooth sailing. You will typically find Bison herds, Coyotes, and Elk here.

Geyser Basins -- Upper Geyser Basin: If you want to see geysers, spend at least a day here. The ones to see are Old Faithful, Grand, Castle, Beehive, Daisy, and Riverside. The small geysers are great to!! This valley has more geysers in it that any other region in the world. Check at the visitor center for geyser info before you go wandering through the basins. You can also find the Old Faithful Inn here. It is the largest log cabin structure in the world!! Black Sand Basin: Visit Cliff Geyser, Emerald and Rainbow Pool, Sunset Lake. Biscuit Basin: Visit Sapphire Pool and Jewel Geyser. Midway Basin: Visit Excelsior Geyser (it once erupted to three hundred feet!) and Grand Prismatic Spring (the largest hot spring in the world!).   Lower Geyser Basin: This place is awesome. Be sure to check out Great Fountain Geyser on the Firehole Lake Drive and the Fountain Paint Pots Trail (at the end of Firehole Lake Drive). You can almost always see some great geyser action here!

Waterfalls -- Mystic: Behind Biscuit Basin. Requires a very short hike for a big reward! Firehole: Next to the Firehole Canyon Drive which starts just south of the Madison Campground.  Kepler Cascades:  Just east of Old Faithful, it has its own parking lot.

Next week:  Part II in Matthew's recommended five day tour of Yellowstone.

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Alliance for the Wild Rockies (AWR) is sponsoring the Wild Rockies Rendezvous, Connecting People with Places.   This public event will be held the third weekend in September (17-19) at Montana Snowbowl, 20 minutes from downtown Missoula, Montana.  Join conservationists from throughout the Northern Rockies and learn ways to protect wild country. Program Highlights include: keynote address by Martha Marks, president of Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP America); informative panels and hands-on workshops; live bluegrass music with Cold Mountain Rhythm Band.  Registration for this three day event is $10.

For more information please contact AWR's Bob Clark, at 406-721-5420 or bobclark@wildrockies.org, or go to http://www.wildrockies.org/awr/wrr_schedule.html (on-line schedule).

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Yellowstone Net has added a companion feature to its popular Discussion Forum:  an online public calendar which all Yellowstone Net users can access and post to.

The online calendar can be found by going to the Discussion Forum. Users can easily view calendared events, and can quickly add other notable events, activities or happenings.  The calendar is for Yellowstone-related material only.

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