Willi wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:


There's no reason to worry about development along the road.
The road would be entirely within the boundaries of the Park.
And I think the environmental concerns are overstated as well.
The road through the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone handles a lot
of traffic year round and the elk, bison, wolves, coyotes,
birds and fish don't appear to be any worse for the wear.
Then
too 95% of all tourists never get more than a quarter mile from
their vehicles which limits the damage from the teeming hordes.


I can't believe this came from you! Just what we need, more roads
through our National Parks.

Not roads, road, singular. A road the federal government
promised, and started, to build.

I'm not going to lobby for it or anything, I'm just saying
I can see both sides of this issue and the Park Service
does have experience with roads through fragile places,
like the Lamar Valley for instance.

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Ken Fortenberry