Yellowstone: I can hear you now.
Here’s something I’ve never thought of until now: mobile phone service in national parks.
Now that’s probably because I’m not a national park kind of girl. But if I happened to find myself in one, you can bet your deer tail that I’ll want the ability to make a call in case there’s an emergency. But at the same time, I don’t want some tourist yapping their trap while I’m trying to commune with nature.
Apparently Yellowstone National Park has similar concerns. According to the Associated Press, it’s “attempting to balance competing demands for cell phone service and preserving the park’s tranquility.”
The park has developed a plan that would increase cell coverage while keeping the negative effects on the animals to a minimum. And the tower near Old Faithful would be moved to a less visible site at a nearby water treatment plant. (Read the article here.)
Seems like a good idea, Yellowstone. May I suggest disguising the towers as trees? That might help. Although the birds might get confused.