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| Above, a foraging mule deer near a Grand Teton National Park campground. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
A report by an environmental advocacy group says Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming is to be considered "threatened".
According to the Gillette News Record:
JACKSON — A new report from an environmental advocacy group lists Grand Teton National Park as among the dozen parks most threatened by the hurried pace of energy leasing and drilling taking place under the Trump administration.
The 44-page National Parks Conservation Association’s “Spoiled Parks” includes Grand Teton not because of the threat of drilling within or immediately adjacent to the park, but because of the threat gas pads and drilling rigs pose to migration routes pronghorn and mule deer follow to summer range there.
“The future of wildlife migration into Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks is dependent on the preservation of their historic travel corridors,” Steve Iobst, a former deputy superintendent of Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, said in a statement.
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