DESPITE BEAR CONCERNS, RACE STILL ON, SAY WILDLIFE OFFICIALS

Posted on May 10, 2017 |

From: Los Alamos Monitor

“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility last week said the National Park Service is downplaying the threat of interactions between wildlife and participants in a 50-mile race on Saturday at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. “If you read the documents, they probably shouldn’t have approved it,” PEER Director Jeff Ruch said. “They’ve improperly approved it. Some of the activity is not appropriate, it’s a preserve, not space for road races.”"

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