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| No. 22 |
SKI YELLOWSTONE DEVELOPMENT
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Ski Yellowstone, Inc. has
proposed a downhill ski resort to be built on the top of a mountain
overlooking Hebgen Lake in Montana. This facility would use 1,700
acres of the Gallatin National Forest for ski lifts and ski
trails. An additional 1,100 acres of private land would be
developed for year-round homes, restaurants, and parking lots. |
| This development will be
in occupied grizzly bear habitat. Conflict between humans and
bears area an important source of mortality for the bears and the Ski
Yellowstone project will ensure that many more of these tragic
confrontations will occur in the future. Dr. Richard Knight,
director of the grizzly study team, and conservationists strongly
dispute the Forest Service contention that grizzlies will not be
impacted. |
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| There are already three
other ski resorts within 100 miles which make the economic aspects of
this location questionable. Nevertheless the Forest Service has
granted a special permit to begin road construction even in advance of
a required cumulative effects analysis on grizzly bears. |
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| Therefore the Federation
of Western
Outdoor Clubs joins the National Audubon Society, the National Wildlife
Federation and other conservation groups in opposing development of the
Ski Yellowstone Resort. |
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