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The Language of Heaven and Hell Changing Values at Fishing Bridge Nps P Nps Hotos volume 16 • number 3 • 2008 The Language of Heaven and Hell Changing Values at Fishing Bridge NPS P HOTOS Clockwise from top left: A beaver just under the bank in Soda Butte Creek. Abyss Pool, a hot spring in the West Thumb Geyser Basin. Fishing Bridge in its current fish-watching state. Something in the Water NE WEEKEND THIS SUMMER , I watched my two In “Between Heaven and Hell,” Michael Barton explores young children lie on their bellies on a small bridge, the use of religious language in early descriptions of Yellow- Owatching for fish swimming below them. They would stone National Park. Naturally, early visitors to the area used get so excited when they spotted one, determinedly pointing it words and experiences from their own culture to express their out and describing to the rest of us just where it was, wanting to feelings about the park, which ranged from fear and disgust be sure we saw it too. There is something mysterious and magi- to amazement and delight. Many place names still reference cal about water and the things that live in it. In Yellowstone, religious terminology, such as Abyss Pool above. An abyss is a water enhances scenic vistas, provides habitat for many species, deep or bottomless place. In biblical literature, the word abyss and shapes the park’s geothermal wonders. We peer out and generally refers to a pit, the underworld, the deepest ocean down into it, hoping for a glimpse of something that connects floor, or to hell. us to another world, if only for a moment. Paul Schullery’s article describes the changes at Fishing In this issue, we are pleased to have had Doug Smith and Bridge as it went from a place of “hog-heaven” fishing to one Dan Tyers document beaver surveys in Yellowstone and a U.S. with a new tradition of fish watching. This example showcases Forest Service reintroduction effort that took place north of the how National Park Service management has responded over park in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Beavers dispersing time to changing values. Judging by the large number of people from newly established colonies there are finding some areas who use Fishing Bridge for fish watching today, it is not just on the park’s northern range where willow have recently grown children who take joy in spying something in the water. taller, offering enough food and building materials for beavers We hope you enjoy the issue. to settle. NPS /JIM Peac O a quarterly devoted to natural and cultural resources volume 16 • number 3 • October 2008 TAMI BLACKFORD Editor MARY ANN FRANKE Associate Editor VIRGINIA WARNER Graphic Designer A beaver in Yellowstone at Soda Butte Creek near its confluence with the Lamar JANINE WALLER River, January 2005. EMILY YOST Assistant Editors ARTCRAFT PRINTERS, INC . Bozeman, Montana FEATURES Printer 4 The Beavers of Yellowstone Surveys from the 1920s to the present show that beaver numbers in Yellowstone have fluctuated and colonies have shifted locations. Beavers dispersing out of newly established colonies from a Yellowstone Science is published quarterly. 1986–99 beaver reintroduction north of the park are finding Support for Yellowstone Science is provided by areas on the park’s northern range where they can settle. the Yellowstone Association, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to serving the park and its visitors. For more information Douglas W. Smith and Daniel B. Tyers about the association, including membership, or to donate to the production of Yellowstone Science, visit www.yellowstoneassociation.org 16 The Language of Heaven and Hell or write: Yellowstone Association, P.O. Box 117, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. The use of religious terminology to describe Yellowstone was The opinions expressed in Yellowstone Science are the authors’ and may not reflect either common during the Romantic movement of the nineteenth century. National Park Service policy or the views of the Yellowstone Center for Resources. Michael D. Barton Copyright © 2008, the Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History & Education. For back issues of Yellowstone Science, please see 24 Changing Values at Fishing Bridge www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/yellsciweb.htm. Fishing Bridge provides a case study in how the National Park Submissions are welcome from all investigators Service has responded to changing scientific knowledge and conducting formal research in the Yellowstone area. To submit proposals for articles, public interests. to subscribe, or to send a letter to the editor, please write to the following address: Editor, Yellowstone Science, P.O. Box 168, Paul Schullery Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190. You may also email: [email protected]. Yellowstone Science is printed on recycled paper with a soy-based ink. DEPARTMENTS 2 News & Notes Ralph Taylor Receives Hartzog Award • IGBC Awards • on the cover: Yellowstone Receives Centennial Challenge Funds for Four One of the beavers reintroduced to the Projects • Passing of Dale Nuss Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. USFS/Dan Tyers photo. NEWS & NOTES NPS Ralph is responsible for document- Volunteer Ralph Taylor ing geyser activity for 35 geothermal Receives Hartzog Award features by deploying and maintaining On July 18, 2008, Linda Young, scientific data loggers, then download- Yellowstone’s Chief of Interpretation, ing and analyzing the data. Staff at the presented the George B. Hartzog, Jr., Old Faithful Visitor Center use Ralph’s Award for the National Park Service analyses to predict eruptions of certain (NPS) Intermountain Region to Mr. geysers, explain eruption patterns to Ralph Taylor at the Old Faithful Visi- visitors, and incorporate possible geyser tor Center. eruptions into daily interpretive walks One of the most prestigious awards and talks. This data has also shown given by the NPS, this award recog- the effects of earthquakes thousands of nizes outstanding contributions to the miles away. The sensors in Yellowstone NPS by individuals, organized groups, reflected activity within one to two Volunteer Ralph Taylor received the or park volunteer programs. The intent hours from occurrence after the 2002 George B. Hartzog, Jr., Award in July of the award is to distinguish those earthquake in Denali National Park, for his outstanding contributions individuals who give of their skills, tal- Alaska. In the winter months, data is to the National Park Service. He ents, and time beyond the normal call recorded and sent to Ralph to analyze helps protect the park’s geothermal of duty. and prepare for his next summer trip to features. For 21 years, Ralph Taylor has Yellowstone. volunteered in Yellowstone each sum- mer, focusing on protecting the park’s often problematic when they conflicted Awards Presented at IGBC geothermal features. Ralph works in with jurisdictional boundaries between 25th Anniversary Celebration the Old Faithful area, observing and federal and state agencies. The inclu- studying geysers and hot springs, edu- On June 21, 2008, the Interagency sion of high-level administrative staff cating visitors, and promoting visitor Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) recog- with agency decision-making author- enjoyment and understanding of the nized many people for their contribu- ity and funding support to IGBC was geothermal features in six geyser basins. tions to the grizzly bear recovery effort. a significant turning point for grizzly Ralph arrived in Yellowstone as a Awards were presented at the IGBC bear recovery. visitor in 1966. He was enthralled 25th Anniversary Celebration held near Award recipients included authors by the park’s geothermal features and Seeley Lake, Montana. and editors of the previous issue of Yel- became an avid “geyser gazer.” After The IGBC consists of representatives lowstone Science, 16(2), which focused he retired from a position as an electri- from the USDA Forest Service, the on Yellowstone grizzly bears: U.S. Geo- cal engineer with Cincinnati Milacron National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. logical Survey wildlife biologists Chuck Company, Ralph became a summer Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Schwartz and Mark Haroldson of the VIP (Volunteers-in-Parks) in Yellow- the Bureau of Land Management, and Interagency Grizzly Bear Management stone beginning in 1986. His primary representatives of the state wildlife Team, for Scientific Leadership; NPS task has been to clean litter from more agencies of Idaho, Montana, Wash- wildlife biologist Kerry Gunther, for than 80 geothermal features and scrub ington, and Wyoming. In the inter- On-the-Ground Leadership; NPS natu- out graffiti from the bacterial mats in est of international coordination and ralist Paul Schullery, for Communica- the Upper, Midway, and Lower geyser cooperation, the Canadian Wildlife tions Leadership; and Chris Servheen, basins. He uses “a very long pole with a Service is also represented. The IGBC USFWS Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordi- slotted kitchen spoon” to remove coins was formed in 1983 to help ensure the nator, for Significant Accomplishment. and other debris. Ralph and others are recovery of viable grizzly bear popula- For a list of other award recipients, visit concerned about the best way to pass tions and their habitat in the lower 48 the IGBC website at http://www.igbc on the skills of safe and effective clean- states. Prior to its establishment, deci- online.org/IGBC25FinalProgram.pdf. ing of these very fragile features. sions about grizzly bear recovery were 2 Yellowstone Science 16(3) • 2008 NPS , Y NP , YELL 125424-1 Centennial Challenge Provides $700,000 to Yellowstone The Yellowstone Park Foundation has raised more than $700,000 in pri- vate funding for four 2008 National Park Service Centennial Challenge projects. As a result of the Yellowstone Long-time Yellowstone park ranger Dale Nuss. Park Foundation’s fundraising efforts, Yellowstone has been awarded match- ing federal funds to be used toward • A scientific study on Yellowstone Lake’s had been a resident since 2004. these projects. microbial biodiversity. This ground- Dale Hudson Nuss was born in Kan- The purpose of the NPS Centennial breaking research will be aimed at sas City, Missouri, on August 31,1925.
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