U.S. Attorney General Darin Smith, Yellowstone National Park

OutsideApr 10

Texas Man Jailed After Damaging Yellowstone’s Fragile Mammoth Hot Springs

A Texas man was sentenced to five days in jail for walking on Yellowstone’s dangerous hydrothermal features. Here’s why his off-boardwalk trek was so destructive.

5 things in this story

Mammoth Hot SpringsSightcomplex of travertine terraces in Yellowstone National Park
Steamboat GeyserSightsite of thermal trespass
Norris Geyser BasinSightarea with thermal ground
Old Faithful GeyserSightcone of a closed thermal area
U.S. Attorney General Darin SmithPlace

Read the full piece at Outside →

U.S. Attorney General Darin Smith

In the coverage1 story

Texas Man Jailed After Damaging Yellowstone’s Fragile Mammoth Hot Springs