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| FRIDAY Sept. 8, 2000 Vol 4, # 57 |
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| FRIDAY Sept. 8, 2000 Vol 4, # 57 |
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YELLOWSTONE ROAD
REPORT PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN- |
BURN VICTIMS UPDATE News Brief SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Two Utah teens who suffered severe burns when they fell into a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park have been upgraded from critical condition to serious condition. Tyler Montague, 18, of Salt Lake City, and Lance Buchi, 18, of Sandy, Utah, have been hospitalized in Salt Lake City since the incident on August 21. The two young men, along with Sara Hulphers, 20, of Oroville, Washington, had been out for an evening swim in the Firehole River in the Fountain Flats area of the Park near thermal activity away from the roadway and any boardwalks. After their swim, as they were walking through the thermal area on their way back to their car, in the darkness they tried to jump over what they thought was a narrow runoff channel from a hot spring. Instead, when they landed, they fell through thin crust and into 178 degrees Fahrenheit Cavern Spring. Hulphers, who suffered third-degree burns over 100% of her body, died within hours. Montague and Buchi, who suffered burns over 90% of their bodies, were not given much chance of living. However, the young mens' conditions continue to improve, although their fate is yet uncertain. A memorial service for Sara Hulphers was held on August 28 in Oroville, Washington. Park visitors are reminded of the extreme danger posed by approaching too closely to any thermal feature in the park. Surface crusts surrounding thermal features are very thin and fragile, and water temperatures can often exceed 190°F.
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS Ralph Maughan
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UPDATE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK -- Continuing cool, wet weather in Yellowstone has provided much needed relief in dampening the backcountry wildfires in Yellowstone. Visitors will find the smoke mostly gone, and all park roads are open. Likewise, across Montana as a whole, cool and wetter weather has aided firefighters in containing blazes from Red Lodge to the Bitterroot Valley. Over a dozen fire crews returned home within the past few days. As the blazes subside, both crews and equipment are being pulled back. The Willie fire near Red Lodge was completely contained by Wednesday, and the fires in western Montana are coming more under control daily. In Yellowstone, Park officials are reminding visitors that despite the lessening of wildfires, fire danger does remain high. |
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| VISITOR NUMBERS DOWN News Brief YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- The number of visitors to Yellowstone National Park continued to drop in August, more than doubling the already significant drop in July and making this year the park's slowest tourist season of the past ten years. In the face of the fires which raged throughout the month of August, campgrounds near Yellowstone reported a very high cancellation rate. Within the Park, the number of visitors dropped nearly 17% in August, compared to figures from August 1999. July experienced nearly an 8% drop from the previous year. Parkwide, total visitors so far this year total 2.3 million, a 7.9 percent drop from last year's comparable eight-month total of 2.5 million and the lowest such figure in more than a decade. |
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| YELLOWSTONE FISHING REPORT News Brief YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- Fishing is picking up in the Lamar River and Soda Butte Creek in the northeast area of the Park. Hoppers are doing well, as are terrestrials. Hoppers and smaller terrestrials are also yielding some results on the Yellowstone River. The Madison River is now beginning to cool down as the fall season approaches, and fishing is picking up as a result. Some smaller tricos are hatching on the Madison. For more information, visit Jacklin's Fly Shop in West Yellowstone, Montana. |
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