New Geyser In Black Sand Basin

Here It Is

HRC NOW OPEN

NOT YOUR EVERYDAY ATTRACTION

.. After a rocky start to the year the Heritage & Research Center in Yellowstone is now open to the public.
.. The facility is not a "Tourist Attraction" per se, but it is accessible to the public. Primarily a library, an archive and artifact storage facility, and staff offices, the HRC is also home to the archeology labs and herbarium.
.. It houses almost 3,000 linear feet of historic records, 90,000 photographic prints and negatives, 20,000 books and manuscripts, 300,000 cultural and natural science specimens, over 35,000 archeological artifacts and approximately 10,000 plant specimens.
.. The facility is open, Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm and closed weekends and federal holidays.
.. Library Hours: Tuesday-Friday 9-4pm.
.. Archives and Museum Collections: by appointment only.
.. There are some reservation and research requirements should you desire to use the research collections, archives, or some of the library resources.
.. For access:
- Museum Collection
- Archives
- Research Library
- Historian

Plan To See Canyon Early

VIEW NOW
South Rim Drive To Close July 9, 2007

.. The continuous road repair and construction in Yellowstone National Park will impact the South Rim Drive to make improvements at Artist Point.
.. Plan to view the Lower Falls from this overlook in the next month.

Yellowstone Web Site Expansion

SOME NEW NEWS & SOME OLD NEWS
increased access to information

.. The continual upgrading of Yellowstone's Web site has reached the point of maturity. One excellent section, "PHOTOS & MULTIMEDIA," was updated last week to include some new and some old content.
.. Here are some changes and additions:
INSIDE YELLOWSTONE, short videos on park features and processes,
YELLOWSTONE IN DEPTH, longer video features,
YELLOWSTONE RESOURCE WORKSHOP - 2005, video of this meeting ans sessions,
WILDLIFE SAFETY VIDEO, shows elk goring visitor,
THIS SEASON IN YELLOWSTONE, changed from this month in Yellowstone, now discontinued - photos,
GUIDE TO ONLINE VIDEOS, long list of topics and images,
WHAT'S NEW, finally a way to keep updated,
And the ever popular ROAD CONSTRUCTION DELAYS & CLOSURES.
.. One useful addition that was added a couple of months ago is the PUBLICATIONS page. Many of the longer documents are in PDF but this resource is valuable for those wanting some in-depth insights into the topics covered. An interesting publication from this page is the Superintendents Compendium (that lists the special designations, closures, public use limits, permit requirements and other restrictions imposed under the discretionary authority of the Superintendent.)

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.. It looks like Yellowstone National Park is going to "officially" ignore the return of the yellow buses in it's press releases. Well, we found out anyway.

We Like Whites

THE FLEET FROM SKAGWAY
here's the fleet in 2003
Courtesy Hank Suderman