Quotebpnjensen And another, Mt. Rainier NP: Mather Plaque - MRNP ...and Glacier at Logan Pass: Glacier Mather Plaque At the new Grand Teton Visitor Center (?), Moose, WY...or is this somewhere else, like Jenny Lake? Grand Teton Mather Plaque Here is the Chamizal N Memorial plaque, El Paso, TX: Chamizal Mather Plaque At Guadalupe Mts. NP - but where? VC? Guadalupe Mts. NP Matherby bpnjensen - General Discussion
And another, Mt. Rainier NP: Mather Plaque - MRNP ...and Glacier at Logan Pass: Glacier Mather Plaque At the new Grand Teton Visitor Center (?), Moose, WY...or is this somewhere else, like Jenny Lake? Grand Teton Mather Plaque Here is the Chamizal N Memorial plaque, El Paso, TX: Chamizal Mather Plaque At Guadalupe Mts. NP - but where? VC? Guadalupe Mts. NP Mather Plaqueby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Another - Bent's Old Fort - Stephen Mather Plaque photoby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotetomdisco QuoteFrank Furter Two unsettling aspects to the Burns National Park presentations were epitomized by the events surrounding the acquisition of Grand Teton-- 1. Socially beneficial adoption of policy or land is more often driven by alturistic independently wealthy individuals rather than insightful government. 2. Parochial interests are inherently at odds with preservation and aby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter There is a dam on Jackson Lake that was upgraded after the creation of Grand Teton National Park. It is hard to visit GTNP and not develop the sense that this is a "different" kind of park (hunting, commercial development, private residences, water regulation for irrigation of farmland, dude ranches, etc.). Too bad it couldn't have been protected 30 years earlier. Tby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteVince QuoteDr_Watso Wouldn't be an issue if we could just legalize and stop harassing people for growing and using a plant. I don't smoke, and I most certainly wouldn't smoke that stuff if I did, but I agree. It's a matter of time. But, California has so much to do without that junk, it's too bad people crave it so badly and waste so much time with it (the same people who say it isn't aby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteDr_Watso Wouldn't be an issue if we could just legalize and stop harassing people for growing and using a plant. I think this is true. I'd never touch the stuff - but legalize it, and you'd see a lot less of this kind of illicit despoliation of our quality natural areas.by bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter Two unsettling aspects to the Burns National Park presentations were epitomized by the events surrounding the acquisition of Grand Teton-- 1. Socially beneficial adoption of policy or land is more often driven by alturistic independently wealthy individuals rather than insightful government. 2. Parochial interests are inherently at odds with preservation and a wider publicby bpnjensen - General Discussion
The Mather plaque in Yosemite is at Happy Isles along the trail on the first large island. Set in a BIG rock, hard to miss. I have seen them elsewhere, such as Yellowstone at Madison: http://www.yellowstone.net/visitorcenters/madison.htm and (I think) Grand Teton and Glacier, but cannot recall specifics. I have seen some web info that the Glacier plaque is at Logan Pass (the VC, probablyby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteVince I am enjoying Tom Hanks' narration. Well placed. I'm 1 hr into tonights 2.5 hrs Peter Coyote is the narrator, is he not? Tom Hanks does one of the historic character voices (TR?).by bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092500064_pf.html 'National Parks': Camped Out, But Trailing Off By Hank Stuever Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, September 27, 2009 Ken Burns's "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" was six years in the making and it is 12 hours long, camped out every night this week on PBS, beginninby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/09/26/Acorns-a-growing-threat-in-Massachusetts/UPI-45621253986866/ Acorns a growing threat in Massachusetts BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Massachusetts residents say they are under siege from this year's large crop of acorns as the hard nuts have been falling from trees like rain. Greg Roberson and Neil McIsaac of Brookline, Mass., saidby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteFrank Furter On a technical point, I was not pleased with the volume and choice of background music in the first hour. Seemed like too much make-up and was a distraction. Gerard Baker is the superintendent of Mt Rushmore, I believe. Overall I learned quite a bit from the narration. The Burns' treatment of Langford and the issue of who suggested the national park idea where well playedby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quoteeeek In 2008, NPCA convened an independent commission charged with developing a twenty-first century vision for the National Park Service, and for the magnificent collection of unique places it holds in trust for the American people. The National Parks Second Century Commission consisted of a diverse group of nearly 30 national leaders and experts with a broad range of experience, includingby bpnjensen - General Discussion
The Arnica Fire was very impressive yesterday PM on the Mount Washburn Webcam: http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/livecams/mtwashburn/index.htm A bit hazier there today, as you can see.by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Gee, some grizzly bear missed out on a late season meal!by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Wow - are they fully open? Beautiful photo...by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Dagnabbit! Really sad for them, but come on - ONE of them had to know it??? Oh, well - I'm not sure I'd know the Chrysler Building either if I were under pressure - but I probably would ;-)by bpnjensen - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotetomdisco I noticed multiple trails in the large meadow approaching lower Cathedral Lake. More direct routes to the lake are used as the meadow dries up but more indirect routes are required when wet and the stream is full. An August path will not work in June. This would be true in many other locations. As far as Cathedral Lake is concerned there may never have been an official trail oncby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotetomdisco I remember back in the late 60's four of us went on a double date to see a movie in San Francisco titled, "Alaskan Safari". All of us were into photography at the time and naively thought in that day and age that it was a photographic safari. Boy, were we ever wrong. We treated a couple girls to a movie about slaughtering just about every large beautiful Alaskan mammalby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotemrcondron I guess that some people just want to kill things. I remember the "safari" movies from when I was a kid, yes they were talkies, where the white hunters and their clients would shoot anything that moved. Especially vulnerable were crocs and hippos if the safari party was doing some river travel. The native population was pretty much at risk too. I think some people doby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quoteszalkowski The Health Care Reform Debate Especially given the current plethora of distortions that are making the rounds re. the health care reform issue, I would recommend accessing the following website which examines specious claims from across the political and social spectrum: www.FactCheck.org This nonpartisan site is run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the Uby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g And here is some of the swampy area you have to navigate. (some schmo over der is on the trail... the "people who know how to tie their shoes properly" circumnavoided this one...) And... there is another marshy area you walk thru besides this.. so... it will be an adventure if you go early. Have fun Yepp, that's it. If you just stay in the trees and/or hug tby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotebill-e-g It's in this area... very near to the Postpile... That's the one. It's not too bad at all - maybe when wet? The surface seemed coarse enough to me so that the footing was quite stable. I think Schaeffer suggests that it is of greatest concern when one is wearing a heavy backpack and balanace becomes critical, and that might make sense. When we crossed it in June with substby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Snowshoe Thompson's grandfather?by bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteDr_Watso I noticed a typo in the subject line. I think they meant to say "Labor Day weekend is a Maximum Revenue Period for the California Highway Patrol". I made it through Labor Day Weekend without helping California out of its deficit crisis - did you?by bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteVinceFreakin gov't Yeah, private vendors are so much better. Freakin' Red's Meadow necks! There is a single instance I can think of where I believe a private concessionaire did a better job at running a place than the government. It was not a natural site, but rather the Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in Jamestown, CA. Back when the concessionaire ran it, it had longerby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quoteeeek QuotebpnjensenIf you use the unofficial trail from Pothole Dome along the south side of the river to the bridge above Glen Aulin, there is very little water to cross. You can avoid the TM high water by staying back in the woods, then just follow the riverbank down past Little Devils Postpile to the bridge. There is a wet meadow about 2/3 of the way to the bridge, but one can fairly eaby bpnjensen - General Discussion
Quotetomdisco The most significant high water crossing on the Glen Aulin trail comes early. About .7 mile past Soda Springs is Delaney Creek. I used the large logs to cross there in mid-July but the water would be significantly higher in mid-June so you might still get your feet wet. There may be better places to cross it up or down stream in June. Later on is Dingley Creek which would beby bpnjensen - General Discussion
QuoteAlmostThere If I were dayhiking, I'd wear the Merrel Ventilators or the Newport sandals and slog through whatever. If backpacking I'd take the Tevas. As I understand a good portion of the trail was actually under standing water in June. The trail below Glen Aulin camp was indeed inundated in late June 2009. A few hundred yards at least was knee-deep in water. Part of it we log-hopped, paby bpnjensen - General Discussion