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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. (NPS) -- In April, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway began work on new Winter Use Plans and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The first step in the process is scoping, which is where issues and alternatives are identified. As part of the scoping process, open house meetings have been scheduled at surrounding communities to allow the public to share their concerns about winter use, learn about the planning process and possible management solutions, and collect public comments. Meetings have been scheduled for the following dates and locations: Previously Announced Locations: Cooke City, Montana June 15 -- Fire Hall Additional Locations: Ashton, Idaho June 22 -- Community Bldg West Yellowstone, Montana June 23 -- West Yellowstone Conference Hotel Pocatello, Idaho June 24 Pocatello Quality Inn Park Hotel, 1555 Pocatello Creek Rd. Boise, Idaho June 25 Courtyard Inn by Marriott, 222 Broadway Ave. Casper, Wyoming July 6 Casper Hilton, 800 North Poplar Cody, Wyoming July 7 Cody Holiday Inn, Sheridan Ave. Dubois, Wyoming July 8 Dubois High School Jackson, Wyoming July 9 The Virginian, 750 West Broadway All meetings will take place between 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will follow an informal open house format. People may come and go as they wish; there will be no formal presentations. National Park Service staff, as well as representatives from the cooperating agencies (the States of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, as well as Teton and Park Counties, Wyoming; Fremont County, Idaho; Park and Gallatin Counties, Montana; and the U.S. Forest Service) will be on hand to answer questions and collect comments. Other open house meetings will be held on the following dates and locations (once meeting locations are confirmed, this information will be announced in a future news release): Salt Lake City, Utah July 13 Minneapolis, Minnesota July 15 Denver, Colorado July 14 Washington, D.C. July 16 The objective for the new Winter Use Plans is to provide future winter visitors in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway with a full range of quality winter use experiences in both developed and primitive settings. These recreational experiences will be offered in appropriate locations or settings, where they should not adversely impact sensitive natural resources, wildlife, cultural areas, or the experiences of other park visitors. In order to ensure the safety of all park visitors and employees, potential conflicts between different types of use groups will be minimized. A draft EIS is scheduled to be released in August of 1999. Following a public review of the draft, a final plan will be formulated, and is expected to be released in October of 2000. Interested parties unable to attend any of the open houses are encouraged to submit their comments in writing by July 18 to: Yellowstone Planning Office, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 82190. For additional information regarding meeting locations or the scoping process, please call the National Park Service at (307) 344-2019, or visit www.nps.gov/yell/winteruseplan.htm.
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A YNET Weekly Feature
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- Yellowstone Net's Protecting Yellowstone campaign seeks to encourage friends of Yellowstone to openly express their opinions regarding Yellowstone's protection and preservation to congresspersons, other elected officials and Yellowstone-area businesses. As the recent Cooke City mine saga has demonstrated, pro-Yellowstone government legislation and other direct action from elected officials can make a big difference in the future of Yellowstone. Elected officials must hear from their constituency in order for such pro-Yellowstone legislation to be enacted. Other organized efforts to protect and preserve Yellowstone are also underway and are approaching the issue from various angles. Last week we mentioned the Yellowstone Park Foundation. Today's focus will be the Yellowstone Association. In the Association's own words: "Public appreciation and dedication have ensured Yellowstone's protection and preservation for the first 126 years of its history. The nonprofit Yellowstone Association has dedicated itself to fostering this critical public support through education since its founding in 1933 and, with the help of park visitors, has provided funding of over $5.6 million to Yellowstone National Park in support of education, historical and scientific projects." You can help by visiting a Yellowstone Association bookstore while in the Park. One hundred percent of the profit is returned to Yellowstone to fund "critical education programs, scientific research, ranger-naturalist training and program supplies." You can also help by becoming a member of the association. Your membership entitles you to a 15% discount at Association bookstores and a discount on Yellowstone Institute classes, among other things. For more information on the Yellowstone Association, stop at any Park visitor center, call 307-344-2296, or go to http://www.yellowstoneassociation.org on the internet.
College Guide to a Summer Job in
Yellowstone  This column is based on my interactions with people who have worked
in Yellowstone (or who want to work in the Park). Some of these stories will be the
"behind the scenes" story of why I wrote a particular story in my book. If
you have a story to contribute to this column, email
me. For more information about my book, College Guide to a Summer Job in Yellowstone, click here.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- The following is a book review from the Houston Chronicle. "Yellowstone Job Prospects" by Jackie Barker For students (and others) interested in a summer job, Clint Wilkes has some suggestions which he has incorporated in his book, COLLEGE GUIDE TO A SUMMER JOB IN YELLOWSTONE. He came to his subject matter in a unique way - he spent a summer in Yellowstone Park. "I have interviewed many of the several thousand college age park employees," Wilkes said. "The vast majority think this was the best summer job they could ever have. A lot of the students will work in Yellowstone more than one summer while they are in college." He describes the different jobs each employer offers through comical anecdotes of real people and real situations. Nuts and bolts information about how to contact each employer in the park is included, with descriptions of numerous jobs. For those who decide to work in Yellowstone, Wilkes adds stories about the social scene and in park recreation.
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Yellowstone is a national treasure
which is owned by the American public. Protecting Yellowstone is the responsibility
of the American public. This weekly feature will help identify and explore the
issues which are crucial to the ongoing, healthy existence of the "Crown Jewel"
of America's National Park system.
