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Yellowstone Science a Quarterly Publication Devoted to the Natural and Cultural Resources Yellowstone Science A quarterly publication devoted to the natural and cultural resources Apollinaris Spring through the Years Lewis & Clark Among the Grizzlies 1960s Winter Atmospheric Research, Part II Wildlife–Human Conflicts Volume 11 Number 1 Labors of Love NG DAN As the new year begins, we commem- promoted the Great Fountain orate the passing of three great friends of Project, an effort that, with the Yellowstone. support of the Yellowstone Park I didn’t know Don White, but his Foundation, mitigated the friends tell me that Don’s testimony before resource impacts on the geyser Congress helped bring geothermal protec- from the adjacent road and tion in Yellowstone into the national con- reduced off-boardwalk travel by sciousness. This, among many other providing more badly needed accomplishments in his career with the viewing space at the popular USGS, noted in this issue by Bob Fournier geyser. John assisted inter- and Patrick Muffler, earn him a place in preters on a daily basis by pro- the history of Yellowstone’s great scien- viding visitors with Old Faith- tists and friends. ful predictions after the visitor I did know Tom Tankersley. I worked center closed. He conducted for him as an interpreter for four years and thermal observations, interpret- I would be honored to be considered one ed geysers to the public, and of his friends. Tom was an excellent inter- was often seen with a hammer preter, a strong manager, and an extraordi- re-nailing thousands of loose nary human being. When I think of him, I boardwalk planks that presented a hazard returning to Yellowstone after 1997, vol- will remember that gleam in his eye when to visitors. unteers like him continue to make up a he told a mischievous story, the way he Of all that John did, the project I vibrant part of the Yellowstone workforce. threw his head back when he laughed remember most had to do with asphalt. As This issue of Yellowstone Science reflects (which he did often and contagiously), and an educated man, retired after a long that spirit. In his article on the Yellowstone most of all, for his remarkable zest for life. career, John didn’t think himself above the field research expeditions, Thomas Brock In our “Passages” section, Lee Whittlesey painstaking work of picking up the mas- writes of the passion and commitment documents Tom’s well deserved place in sive amounts of broken asphalt left from Vince Schaefer brought to his winter the tradition of distinguished historians miles of decaying walkways laid in the research expeditions and his concerted who have served in Yellowstone. Upper, Middle, and Lower Geyser Basins effort to create meaningful volunteer Many of you who read Yellowstone decades ago. He was concerned that this opportunities in science for young people. Science will have known Don White and unsightly debris detracted from visitors’ Jim Caslick, once a seasonal Yellowstone Tom Tankersley. Few of you, however, enjoyment of these magnificent geyser ranger and now retired from the faculty of will remember the gentleman pictured fields, and that it was an attractant to those Cornell University, co-authored this above, John Muller. John’s love of Yel- who might vandalize the thermal features. issue’s Nature Note on wildlife-human lowstone and its geysers brought him to For six summers, John got up each morn- conflicts. Jim and his wife Edna are cur- Old Faithful for over 20 years. Each year ing and came home at night with bags and rently in their 14th consecutive year vol- he would save up most of his retirement bags, eventually room-sized piles, of unteering their many talents to the park. income to come to Yellowstone from the asphalt chards that he’d collected in the In 2002, 444 dedicated volunteers Hudson Valley of New York, to spend as course of the day. At Great Fountain together donated 88,088 hours to Yellow- much of the summer as possible here. Geyser alone, he individually removed, stone. We may not know all their names or Recognizing John’s knowledge and dedi- piece by piece, hundreds of pounds of bro- faces, but, collectively, they have amassed cation, West District Resource Manage- ken asphalt. It was his personal mission. an impressive body of work protecting the ment Coordinator Craig McClure brought He continued it until he was no longer park’s resources and serving its visitors. John on board in 1992 as a resource man- physically capable of doing so. As for me, I will remember John agement volunteer. Reflecting on John’s John’s name may not be remembered Muller for befriending this young season- years in the park, Craig remembers him as in the big picture of Yellowstone’s history, al interpreter 18 years ago and teaching a tireless advocate for the geothermal because he was not a career professional me about geysers, classical music, fine lit- resources of the park and as one of the best here, but rather, an amateur. “Amateur,” erature, good whiskey, and most of all, examples of an individual who successful- derived from the Latin verb for love, about how one person can make a differ- ly integrated the National Park Service’s describes someone who does something ence in the world. Here’s to you, John, and dual mission of resource protection and not for money, but out of a great passion to all the other “amateurs” for your labors visitor enjoyment. for a cause—an auspicious, and most fit- of love in Yellowstone. John’s accomplishments were many. ting title for someone like John. Although As Craig tells it, John conceived of and his declining health prevented John from Yellowstone Science A quarterly publication devoted to the natural and cultural resources Volume 11 Number 1 Winter 2003 Contents The Changing Face of Apollinaris Spring 2 Yellowstone’s historian charts the various visual incarnations of one of the park’s most enduring cultural landscapes. by Lee H. Whittlesey Book Review 9 Our writer-editor takes a look at Paul Schullery’s Lewis and Clark Among the Grizzlies. by Alice K. Wondrak The Yellowstone Field Research Expeditions, Part II 10 The author arrives on the scene in Part II of this scientific chronicle. COURTESY ALICE WONDRAK COURTESY by Thomas D. Brock Editor Roger J. Anderson Yellowstone Nature Notes: [email protected] Wildlife–Human Conflicts in Yellowstone 18 Assistant Editor and Design Which animals really cause the most human injuries in the park, and why? Alice K. Wondrak by Tom Olliff and James W. Caslick Assistant Editor Tami Blackford Passages 23 Printing We mark the passing of former Yellowstone historian Tom Tankersley and Artcraft, Inc. USGS geologist Don White. Bozeman, Montana Update 25 Cover: From left, May 1972 cover of National Results of the 2002 Christmas Bird Count Geographic magazine commemorating Yel- lowstone’s 100th anniversary and showing a News & Notes 26 common wildlife–human interaction of 30 Wolf #2 killed • Winter Elk Count • New Easements Protect GYE Lands • years ago, reprinted with permission of the Bradley Fellowships • Greening Conference Announced • National Elk Refuge National Geographic Society; photo by Elk Vaccination EA Released for Comment Jonathan Blair. Replica snow crystal pre- pared by the 1962 Yellowstone Field Research A Look Back 29 Expedition; YNP archives, courtesy Vincent Schaefer. Apollinaris Spring, post 1925; YNP Yellowstone Science is published quarterly. Submissions are welcome from all investigators archives. Map reprinted from Lewis and conducting formal research in the Yellowstone area. To submit proposals for articles, to subscribe Clark Among the Grizzlies [copyright sym- to Yellowstone Science, or to send a letter to the editor, please write to the following address: Editor, Yellowstone Science, P.O. Box 168, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. bol] 2002, by Paul Schullery, with permission You may also email: [email protected]. from Falcon Publishing, an imprint of Globe Support for Yellowstone Science is provided by the Yellowstone Association, a Pequot Press. non-profit educational organization dedicated to serving the park and its visitors. For more information about the association, including membership, Opposite: Resource Management volunteer or to donate to the production of Yellowstone Science, write to: John Muller. Yellowstone Association, P.O. Box 117, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. The opinions expressed in Yellowstone Science are the authors’ and may not Above: Visitors feed marmots at the Old reflect either National Park Service policy or the views of the Yellowstone Center for Resources. Copyright © 2002, the Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History & Education. Faithful Lodge, 1930s; courtesy Alice Yellowstone Science is printed on recycled paper with a linseed oil-based ink. Wondrak. The Changing Face of Apollinaris Spring by Lee H. Whittlesey ALL PHOTOS AND FIGURES YNP ARCHIVES ALL PHOTOS Two women stand on the new flagstone deck of Apollinaris Spring, 1925. Lime- stone slabs for the deck were mined at the nearby Hoodoos formation. Apollinaris Spring, located on Yellow- Harrison wrote: generally, and discourage their use, stone National Park’s Grand Loop Road Guide books tell us not to drink the thereby...largely increasing the con- about five miles south of Indian Creek water. I think their writers were in sumption of lager and bottled campground and 2½ miles north of Obsid- collusion with the hotel management waters...The enormous number of ian Cliff, is a cold, mineral water spring to force guests to buy [bottles of] empty bottles along the road sides that was a stopping place for thirsty Yel- lager and apollinaris at 50 cents a and at the hotels testify to the thirst lowstone travelers for about 100 years. bottle. By the way, there is on the first and timidity of the traveling public.2 As early as 1885, traveler Constance days drive [from North Entrance] an The “pure stuff” Harrison referred to Gordon-Cummings noticed that the park apollinaris spring [note use of place was a well-known, commercially-bottled contained “springs of natural Apollinaris name, even though it is uncapital- product called “Apollinaris Water” (still water, sparkling fountains charged with ized].
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