Dear Supporter,

	This area has had cattle grazing for generations without conflict between grazers and pronghorn antelope. New permittees are demanding unnecessary corrals and fencing, and the BTNF is bowing to the pressure.

Pronghorn migration and fences simply don't mix. Biologists, conservationists and even Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) understand this, yet the BTNF - which is touting its role in creating the celebrated Path of the Pronghorn - is proposing the construction of permanent cattle corrals in the heart of a migration corridor the antelope has used unobstructed for thousands of years.

These unnecessary corrals and fenced pastures pose a serious risk to the pronghorn's annual 100-mile migration from Grand Teton National Park and the Gros Ventre to its winter range. The problem? Pronghorn are creatures of habit and won't leap a fence, so they'll be forced to stop. And if they don't migrate, they'll die. It's that simple.

For years, the pronghorn and cattle grazers have coexisted in harmony, but now Bridger-Teton officials are bowing to pressure from new grazing permittees.

BTNF officials need to hear from you that they can't have it both ways. The Path of the Pronghorn was created because of a recognition that the antelope's vital habitat is rapidly diminishing in the face of oil and gas development. Tell them to be true to the mission of the Path of the Pronghorn and to protect the integrity of this crucial corridor by withdrawing their proposal for new corrals and fencing!

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