Cellphones in Yellowstone?
A proposal to expand cellphone towers in the park and install wireless Internet service in its hotels -- where TVs are banned -- has environmentalists furious.
By Nicholas Riccardi
November 17, 2008
Reporting from Yellowstone National Park -- Natural forces over millennia created the geysers, peaks and canyons that fascinate visitors here. But a newer feature is emerging on this stunning landscape -- cellphone towers.
One juts out from a hill behind Old Faithful; another crowns one of the park's most prominent peaks. Hikers occasionally stumble across cellphone equipment on trails around Mammoth Hot Springs. Visitors chatting on their phones have become as common in some areas as wandering bison.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-yellowstone17-2008nov17,0,7846176.story
Informant: Teresa Binstock
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Yellowstone
By Nicholas Riccardi
November 17, 2008
Reporting from Yellowstone National Park -- Natural forces over millennia created the geysers, peaks and canyons that fascinate visitors here. But a newer feature is emerging on this stunning landscape -- cellphone towers.
One juts out from a hill behind Old Faithful; another crowns one of the park's most prominent peaks. Hikers occasionally stumble across cellphone equipment on trails around Mammoth Hot Springs. Visitors chatting on their phones have become as common in some areas as wandering bison.
Read More...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-yellowstone17-2008nov17,0,7846176.story
Informant: Teresa Binstock
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Yellowstone
rudkla - 17. Nov, 15:48
