On Monday, October 5, the Teton County, WY, County Commissioners finalized their letter to Secretary of the Interior Burgum objecting to the lack of notification to Teton County and lack of public involvement about the now Interior ordered bike path construction in the Moose-Wilson Corridor in Grand Teton National Park.

Link to the County’s letter with cc’s to the Wyoming Congressional Delegation:   https://tinyurl.com/4kd2jbv8

In the letter the County states “We respectfully request that the Department reconsider the requirement for a separated pathway along the full Moose-Wilson corridor. Before proceeding, we ask the Department to conduct further analysis of alternatives that support recreational access other than a separated pathway; to further analyze changed conditions since the 2016 Record of Decision; to engage Teton County and other affected local partners as cooperating agencies; to consider the County’s 2016 comments; and to provide additional opportunities for meaningful gateway-community engagement consistent with Secretary’s Order 3434.”

We are grateful to the Teton County, WY, County Commissioners for sending this important letter to Secretary Burgum and the Wyoming Congressional Delegation. We await a similar letter from the Town of Jackson, WY to Secretary Burgum.

Both Teton County WY and the Town of Jackson, WY, were cooperating agencies in the 2016 EIS.