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Support Grand Teton National Park’s Preferred Alternative for Moose-Wilson

January 25, 2016/in News

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Be a voice for Grand Teton National Park’s magnificent wildlands and wildlife

SAY YES TO ALTERNATIVE C

 

The Moose-Wilson corridor is a remarkable 10,000+ acre piece of Grand Teton National Park that offers exceptional habitat for wildlife and recreational opportunities for people. The National Park Service (NPS) is working diligently to create a thoughtful, comprehensive management plan that will protect park resources and values in the ecologically rich Moose-Wilson corridor. Having released an Environmental Impact Statement and their preferred alternative (Alternative C), the NPS is now accepting public comment on the plan. Several weeks ago, The Cougar Fund – along with several other local conservation organizations – expressed our strong support for Grand Teton’s preferred alternative.

Now, we need you to let the NPS know that you, too, support their preferred alternative.

 

Reasons to support the National Park Service’s preferred alternative

 

Please start your letter by saying, “I strongly support Alternative C” for the following reasons (use any, or all of them, but try and use them in your own words):

  1. It’s VERY important
  2. Grand Teton National Park (GRTE) has long struggled with ‘what to do’ with the glorious Moose-Wilson corridor. Alternative C is the result of extensive research and analysis and upholds the core values of the National Park Service to protect the resource, while providing for public enjoyment….the resource (wild-lands and wildlife ) is  clearly the priority. Alternative C has the immeasurable benefit of including an Adaptive Management approach which will allow GRTE to respond to changing needs in the corridor. This offers the very best opportunity for honing and perfecting strategies to protect the area.
  3. It protects the resource by:
    • Saving more than 3000 trees.
    • Averting enormous construction impact and emissions.
    • Protecting unique indigenous artifacts.
  4. It protects wildlife by:
    • Further decreasing speed and usage. There were far fewer confirmed wildlife vehicle collisions between 1991 and 2015 on Moose-Wilson Road compared to significant wildlife-vehicle collisions on a north park road through similar habitat that has a higher design and operating speed. (Parts of the northern road are year round unlike Moose-Wilson and there are higher travel numbers, but it is a good example that width, clearer sight lines, and increased speed have a greater negative impact on animal mortality)
    • Preventing widespread habitat loss from new construction, allowing animals to remain in familiar and undisturbed refuge.
    • Reducing the risk of negative encounters between people and large mammals including grizzly bears and moose.
  5. It protects people by:
    • Slowing  traffic and managing it at reduced speed
    • Adding speed bumps and controlling user numbers at appropriate heavy traffic times.
    • Increasing safety for experienced cyclists who take responsibility for riding through a narrow road with extensive wildlife. (Similar to the differences between skill levels on ski runs, or when hiking and climbing, or white-water versus still-water recreation
    • Being a financially responsible alternative

 

It is critically important that your comment be unique in nature; repeat letters or form letters (i.e., copying and pasting talking points) will be consolidated and only considered as a single comment. The above talking points are only meant to serve as background information and guidance to help you draft your comment. Writing your own, unique comment is the most effective way to support the NPS and advocate for the protection of wildlife and their habitat.

 

Please submit your comments below via the National Park Service PEPC website by January 30, 2016.

 

 

If you’re having trouble using the above comment form or it does not display properly on your mobile device, click here to head directly to the National Park Service PEPC website.

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Remember all the things you did before they went into the den?BEAR SPRAY, MAKE NOISE, RECREATE IN GROUPS, FOOD STORAGE PRECAUTIONS, and be aware that energy out is very expensive for a bear after not eating for a few months so if there is a trail or winter track, that is probably the route the bear will choose...
Lets protect them by minding our own behaviour!

Remember all the things you did before they went into the den?BEAR SPRAY, MAKE NOISE, RECREATE IN GROUPS, FOOD STORAGE PRECAUTIONS, and be aware that energy out is very expensive for a bear after not eating for a few months so if there is a trail or winter track, that is probably the route the bear will choose...
Let's protect them by minding our own behaviour!(News Release) On Tuesday, March 7, a Yellowstone National Park wildlife biologist on a radio telemetry flight observed the first grizzly bear of 2023 to emerge from hibernation. The adult bear, estimated at 300-350 pounds, was seen near the remains of a bison carcass in Pelican Valley, in the central-eastern part of the park.

The first bear sighting of 2022 also occurred on March 7.

Male grizzlies come out of hibernation in early March. Females with cubs emerge in April and early May. When bears emerge from hibernation, they look for food and often feed on elk and bison that died over the winter. Sometimes, bears will react aggressively to encounters with people when feeding on carcasses.

“Spring visitors skiing, snowshoeing, or hiking in Yellowstone National Park are reminded to carry bear spray and be especially alert for bears near carcasses and areas with early spring green-up. These are the first foods sought out by grizzlies after emerging from hibernations,” said Kerry Gunther, the park's bear management biologist.

All of Yellowstone National Park is bear country: from the deepest backcountry to the boardwalks around Old Faithful. The park restricts certain visitor activities in locations where there is a high density of bears, along with elk and bison carcasses. Restrictions will begin in some bear management areas on March 10.

Learn more about how to protect yourself and the bears that people come here to enjoy: go.nps.gov/23006
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I'm in the Southern Sangre de Cristo mountains. It's been a mild winter, very little snow, so I'm betting the Black Bears will be popping out soon.

I would love to see a bear. (From a safe distance for both of us, of course).

Better yet, don't stop being responsible in the wilderness under a false sense of security provided by pop-media ideas that they're in comas underground. Bears experience wakefulness during their supposed hibernation, and especially during periods of warmer weather they will come out for snacks.

Please protect our bear’s from Stupid people!!!!

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A couple of days ago we a shared delightful national article about cutting edge studies of cougars in Utah. Today those cougars need your help. HB469 will remove management of mountain lions from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and allow them to be HUNTED and TRAPPED year round without limit or regulation. HB469 passed without notice or opportunity for public comment. Wildlife is held in trust for ALL the public, not a few special interest groups. Elected officials also represent more than a few stakeholders and need to seek advice from seasoned researchers and scientists before making decisions about wildlife. Please POLITELY ask Governor Cox at 801-538-1000 to not sign HB469, currently on his desk. or email cs.utah.gov/s/submit
The video below was shared by Denise and the crew of @Utah Mountain Lion Conservation who are working tirelessly to study and protect lions and ensure their place as a keystone species in Utah.
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Congratulations to Denise Peterson, dedicated to mountain lions, and to sharing the results of her hard work.
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Trail Camera Catches Something Conservationists Have Been Dying To See

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Denise M. Peterson had been waiting months for this. Ever since Peterson, founder of the Utah Mountain Lion Conservation, noticed a female and male mountain lion roaming the area together, she'd been ...
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Thanks! I can't wait to get back up to check these cams to see how they're doing!

I saw this on The Dodo this morning. A mom with two kittens!

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On this President's Day, did you know that Ronald Reagan played a key role in banning mountain lion hunting in California? As Governor, he signed a moratorium in 1971 that protected these majestic animals from being hunted and killed for sport. This ban was not permanent and needed to be approved by California voters through a referendum in 1990 in order to become law. ... See MoreSee Less

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Good (especially for me) to know! Why re: that part in the parentheses? I have always been VERY highly critical of him as a politician and as a president, and I have pretty much never said anything nice about him, either very rarely, if not EVER. So this little tidbit of information was helpful for me, and at least it gives me something positive that I can appreciate about him.

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