The Yellowstone
Net Newspaper Friday November 21, 1997 Vol. 1 No. 20 |
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (YNET) -- Park officials continue to hope that federal monies will be made available in the current interior bill to repair the aging sewer system at Old Faithful. The status of such monies is uncertain at this point. In the meantime, the sewer continues to pose a threat to the underground water, and ultimately the geysers (including Old Faithful), as it is prone to leaking. The state of Wyoming had given Yellowstone officials until the end of September to address the sewage problem, but an absence of federal appropriations has, in effect, extended the time frame. --------------- Thus far, the bison activist group Buffalo Nation has not had to work too hard to protect Yellowstone's bison. The group has members stationed near West Yellowstone and Gardiner for the purpose of hazing wandering bison back into the Park. Bison which wander out of the Park run the risk of being slaughtered because of the disease brucellosis which they sometimes carry. However, few bison have approached Park boundaries so far this fall.
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Indeed, the past twenty years have been marked by significant increases in the number of visitors to many of America's national parks. Yosemite has recently made news in regards to its overcrowding problems. One of the smaller of the major national parks, Yosemite nonetheless is one of the most popular of all national parks because of its world-renowned scenic beauty. The traffic jams in the Yosemite Valley have become so bad that officials are making plans to close a portion of the roadway in the Valley and replace the roads with foot and bike paths. Yellowstone also faces increasing overcrowding, although not to the degree of Yosemite. Traffic jams, caused by bear sightings, sometimes lead to seemingly mile-long traffic jams. The most common complaint from Park visitors is that the Park is overcrowded. Yellowstone officials have been pondering the problem for a number of years now, and continue to seek possible answers to alleviate the overcrowding. For some time, rumors have been circulating claiming that automobiles will be restricted from entering the Park in the near future. (The Yosemite situation, which has been a long time coming, probably has been the impetus for such rumors.) In reality, there are no plans to prohibit automobiles from Yellowstone now or in the future. However, other possibilities, such as installing a park-wide traffic-jam monitoring system, are being considered as possibile solutions. Overcrowding in such a vital place as Yellowstone is certainly a concern. Nevertheless, there are 2 million square acres of backcountry wilderness upon which less than 5% of Yellowstone's visitors ever set foot. Getting away from the crowds is a simple as taking a hike. And, as one frequent Park visitor noted, "Yellowstone is the best place in the world to be stuck in a traffic jam."
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