"The National Park Service will get another chance to buy a 640-acre parcel of state-owned land inside the border of Grand Teton National Park after the Wyoming State Board of Land Commissioners voted Thursday to delay a proposed auction."
This story was originally published by Writers on the Range. There’s a 640-acre parcel of magnificent, state-owned public land in Wyoming that’s set for
The state's Board of Land Commissioners tabled a controversial recommendation to sell state land inside the national park at a public auction for no less
Establishing ourselves as the first state to auction off public land within a national park is likely to blight Wyoming’s reputation beyond recovery. It should be clear: Privatizing an irreplaceable area within a national park for short-term gain is a foolish and destructive move.