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"Scott Christensen was standing on a mountain looking down into Yellowstone
National Park late last month when he spotted a fresh track from a grizzly bear
in the mud, about two inches in front of his foot. He wasn’t scared, but rather
relieved and gratified.
The bear, as well as other wildlife, including the thousands of elk that
migrate through the area, would be able to keep roaming on the side of the
mountain, known as Crevice Mountain, instead of ceding territory to heavy
machinery and miners in search of gold.
Mr. Christensen, the executive director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, a
conservation group, spotted the bear track on Sept. 25, just hours after the
coalition purchased 1,598 acres of the mountainous property in Montana from a
company that had planned to build a gold mine there.
Access to the land and its mineral rights had cost $6.25 million, and the
purchase extinguished what Mr. Christensen said was the last viable mining
threat on the boundaries of Yellowstone.
“It was a long and difficult road of negotiations to get there,” Mr.
Christensen said. “But it led to what I look at as a real win-win solution for
the park and all of us who care deeply about it.”
The Greater Yellowstone Coalition bought the mineral rights and access to the
land because it was concerned that mining would harm wildlife and water quality
in the area, which overlooks the Yellowstone River and the north entrance of
Yellowstone National Park. The land is a habitat for grizzly bears and a
migration corridor for elk, mule deer and bighorn sheep. Bison from
Yellowstone’s herd roam there."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
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