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From fragile nighthawk eggs to views of the rugged summit of the Grand Teton, this 640-acre state school trust parcel near Kelly in Grand Teton National Park holds significant natural resource value. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr.\/WyoFile)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The federal government bought Wyoming\u2019s 640-acre Kelly Parcel school section for $100 million today, a transaction that will see the wildlife-rich property that lawmakers had proposed for commercial development, instead preserved as part of Grand Teton National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation announced the completion of this morning\u2019s sale after the foundation spearheaded a $37.6 million drive for private funds to augment $62.4 million in federal conservation money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland called the transaction \u201can incredible milestone, decades in the making.\u201d In a statement, she said the purchase \u201cwill benefit our public lands and Wyoming\u2019s public school students for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Teton Superintendent Chip Jenkins, who had traveled the state to lobby residents for the preservation initiative, thanked the foundation. \u201cWe simply would not be here today without them and the thousands of people who raised their voice in support of conserving this important part of the park,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three unnamed families made key \u201clead\u201d gifts, the Grand Teton National Park Foundation said while the National Park Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (through Walmart\u2019s Acres for America Program) and the Jackson Hole Land Trust boosted the drive. Almost 400 donors, from 46 states, gave anywhere from $10 to $15 million, the foundation said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are in awe,\u201d Grand Teton National Park Foundation President Leslie Mattson said of the many contributions. \u201cWe are so proud to have helped enable this incredible achievement for the American people, Grand Teton National Park, and the state of Wyoming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parcel lies at the mouth of the Gros Ventre River Valley and is used by migrating pronghorn, mule deer, elk and other species. In considering how to maximize the financial benefit to Wyoming from state-owned property, some officials mulled state commercial development or advocated for a public auction that could have led to private ownership and construction of an exclusive subdivision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Wyoming politicians, wary of federal land management policies and holdings in Wyoming that amount to about 48% of the state, sought unsuccessfully to bargain the parcel for federal coal lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To close the sale, The Conservation Fund provided a bridge loan. The loan enabled the Grand Teton National Park Foundation to accept multi-year pledges, the group said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of the Interior provided the federal money through the Land and Water Conservation Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reprinted with permission from WyoFile<\/a>, covering people, places and policy in Wyoming.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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