Congratulations Teton Park! 42 Miles of Pathways.
Well, it’s been a long wait but Grand Teton National Park has made public their transportation plan. By the looks of it, we the cycling community made out great. Check out this statement from Dave Vandenberg,
Today the park announced the Final Environmental Impact Statement for their Transportation Plan. Thanks to all of you who voiced support for pathways in the park, public participation made a difference in influencing the park’s decision to combine elements of alternatives three and four from the Draft EIS for a total of 42 miles of multi-use pathways in Grand Teton National Park.
Please take a moment today and thank Senator Craig Thomas for his leadership, support and tireless efforts to fund pathways in Grand Teton National Park. Go ahead and send the Senator an e-mail from his websie http://thomas.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home
Superintendent Mary Gibson-Scott also deserves your praise for coming out with a plan that will provide the opportunity to create a substantial network of pathways in the park within a framework of monitoring and analysis of impacts potentially associated with pathways. The Superintendent can be reached here:
Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott
National Park Service
Grand Teton National Park
Drawer 170
Moose, WY 83012
Guess what. It ain’t over yet. The next stage of the process involves a 120 day consultation period with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At the end of that consultation period and depending on issues brought forward by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the final record of decision should be released by January 2007 with initial pathway construction from Moose to South Jenny Lake to start in 2008.
The complete Final Grand Teton National Park Transportation Plan / Environmental Impact Statement is available at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. You can also review the park’s press release here http://www.nps.gov/archive/grte/news/news.htm
Regards,
David Vandenberg
Your Executive Director at Friends of Pathways
Thanks Jackson Hole for all your hard work on this!
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