Regional Report.

Authors(s): M. Peterson

Publication: National Parks

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Publication Date: 0000-00-00

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Abstract: Presents 1999 update on national parks in the United States. Efforts of the National Parks and Conservation Association to stop the use of snowmobiles in Denali National Park in Alaska; Actions taken by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep; Reduction in the permittees that are allowed to graze their cattle in Grand Teton National Park. Permittees that are allowed to graze their cattle in Grand Teton National Park have been reduced from 29 families to only eight as of spring 1998. However, new ranching interests have appealed to the Park Service for permission to trail their cattle across the park--grazing them along the way-rather than truck the animals to grounds adjacent to the park. New permits for this activity are a violation of the park's enabling legislation and its original intent. The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance has taken the lead with NPCA, the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, and others to halt this inappropriate use of parkland in court before it becomes an annual option for ranchers. TAKE ACTION: Write the park's superintendent and urge him not to issue any new grazing permits in the park Address: Supt. Jack Neckels, Grand Teton National Park P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, WY 83012.

Keywords: Grand Teton National Park , human activity, livestock, grazing, habitat