National Parks
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This blog about the approval of a new Yellowstone snowmobile plan. It is in the Western Watersheds blog. Although there is the perception of strong support for snowmobiles in West Yellowstone, there is actually less than meets the eye. Yes, it provides a lot of winter employment, but many people perceive their presence might be…
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Unless they reverse the delisting of the greater Yellowstone grizzly population, 8 conservation groups have told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service they will be sued. Although the grizzly bear population of the area has no doubt doubled since they were “listed” as “threatened’ in the 1970s soon after the Endangered Species Act was passed,…
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Experts say grizzlies could suffer. Some biologists worry that bears aren’t genetically diverse enough for delisting. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. This has been known for quite a while. The solution seems simple to me, although the anti-introduction extremists who now dominate the Dept. of Interior, and the grizzly bear purists, won’t…
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This is a guest opinion column in New West. It is proposed to reduce the obvious overpopulation of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park by hunting. There are other possbilities. Wuerthner doesn’t like the hunting option and explains why. He prefers predation of the elk. I’d like to see wolves reintroduced too, but they would…
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This glass bottomed walk over the Grand Canyon is on the little-visited Indian Reservation part of the Canyon far downstream of where most tourists see the canyon. There are complaints about this intrusion, but I see it as little compared to the traffic jam of aerial sightseeing over the canyon. The purpose is to make…
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Park winter divide persists By Whitney Royster. Casper Star-Tribune environmental reporter Wednesday, March 28, 2007 JACKSON — Yellowstone National Park officials released the fourth, and perhaps not the last, chapter in the debate surrounding snowmobiles in the park Tuesday. The National Park Service proposal would continue to allow use of snowmobiles in the park, but…
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The Park Service seems to be resisting the organizing in Cody to continue the subsidized winter maintenance for snowmobiles over Sylvan Pass. It’s hard to believe that Cody businesses may for once have their sense of entitlement to the money you pay to enter the Park slapped down. Story in the Casper Star Tribune. Sides…
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Economic interests in Cody will not be denied continued access across Sylvan Pass in the winter, where Park Service employees risk their lives and waste your tax money for the benefit of a few who cross the pass in snowmobles. The cost per snowmobile is huge — many times the entrance fee. They are getting…