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New Web cams are banned in U.S. parks YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - The National Park Service director has banned new Web cameras at all parks and ordered Yellowstone to drop plans to show corporate sponsors on its Internet site featuring Old Faithful geyser. "Advertising is not allowed in parks and will not be allowed in virtual parks, which is what these Web sites are," Robert Stanton wrote in a June 29 memorandum to Yellowstone Superintendent Michael Finley. He imposed a moratorium on any new Web cameras in all national parks pending a meeting "to fully air the current and emerging concerns and develop a strategy that best serves the public and the parks." The moratorium halted Yellowstone plans for a new Web cam at Norris Geyser Basin last week, park spokeswoman Marsha Karle said. The park's Internet page has become the most popular Web site operated by the park service and draws computer users from around the world. "What has happened in Yellowstone served a purpose in making us stop and take a closer look at this and how we should be handling this technology," David Barna, a park service spokesman in Washington, D.C., told the Billings Gazette. "The idea of corporate logos and names in parks is something no one's going to stand for." The newspaper disclosed last week that Yellowstone officials were seeking corporate donations of $5,000 for placement of company names for six days on "sponsor recognition banners" above a live image of Old Faithful. Visit our back issue library Email your... Technical questions & comments to: WebMaster Daily Tidings editorial comments & questions to: Editor Visit our other Western Oregon Newspapers... | Albany Democrat-Herald | Corvallis Gazette-Times | Lebanon Express | Newport News-Times | | Ashland Daily Tidings | Gresham Outlook | Springfield News | Ashland Daily Tidings 1661 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520 Telephone 541-482-3456 © Copyright 2000 Lee Northwest Publishing