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MOUNTAIN ATHLETE WORKING GROUP (MAWG) MIDDLE GROUND PROPOSAL

WHAT IS MAWG? “MOUNTAIN ATHLETE WORKING GROUP” • Collaboration-Driven: • Everyone Invited • Compromise Mandated • Get some work done • Transparency • Workshops Open to WPLI Members/Alternates • Report distributed Committee-wide after each workshop with decisions/ updates • Participation • Every WPLI Committee member or his/her alternate attended at least 1 workshop • Goal: • Develop a “Broad” and “Widespread” Middle Ground Proposal

WPLI PROPOSAL COMPARISON - COUNTY WIDE Teton Wildlands MAWG "Middle Ground" Multi-Use Proposal Proposal Proposal Prohibits Oil & Gas Development Yes Yes No County-Wide? Prohibits Mineral/Mining Yes Yes No Development? Prohibits Commercial Timber Yes Yes No Development? Creates New Wilderness? Yes - Approx 240,000 Yes - Approx 167,000 No Acres Acres Creates New Conservation Areas Yes - Approx 124,000 Yes - Approx 214,000 No (Codified Roadless)? Acres Acres Developed Colloboratively? No Yes No

WPLI PROPOSAL COMPARISON - NEW WILDERNESS DIFFERENCE? Teton Wildlands MAWG "Middle Ground" Di ff erence? Proposal Proposal Palisades Approx 54,000 Acres None 54,000 Acres Shoal Approx 11,000 Acres Approx 5,000 Acres 6,000 Acres Mt. Leidy/Spread Creek Area Approx 132,000 Acres Approx 118,000 Acres 13,000 Acres Willow-Creek Grayback Approx 20,000 None 20,000 Acres Total 93,000 Acres

WPLI PROPOSAL COMPARISON - PALISADES WSA Teton Wildlands MAWG "Middle Ground" Multi-Use Proposal Proposal Proposal Yes - Approx 54,000 No No Creates New Wilderness in the Acres Palisades WSA? Restricts it to 17,000 Not impacted in 27,000 Not impacted Impact to Mountain Biking? Acre Northern Carve Acre Northern Recreation Out Corridor Corridor, limited to 5 Trails and July-August in the WSA south of the Cooridor E ff ectively Eliminates Improved - Mail Cabin Not Impacted Impact to Snowmobiling? Snowmobiling - Corridor Access after April Northern Zone is 1 includes significant winter non-motorized areas for BC Skiing Impact to Heli-Skiing? Eliminates It Not Impacted Not Impacted N/A - There are Improved - allows for a N/A - There are Impact to Summer Motorized? currently no motorized new single track trail to be currently no trails in the Teton constructed connecting the motorized trails County Portion of the Mosquito Creek trail in the Teton Palisades WSA system to trails in Idaho County Portion of the Palisades WSA

WPLI PROPOSAL COMPARISON - SHOAL WSA Teton Wildlands Proposal MAWG Motorized “Middle Ground" Proposal Proposal Creates New Wilderness in the Yes - Approx 11,000 Acres Yes - Approximately 5,000 No Shoal WSA Acres Impact to Mountain Biking Eliminates It Restricts it to the southern Not impacted 6,200 Acre Jackson Hole Conservation Area Impact to Snowmobiling Eliminates It Restricts it to the southern Not Impacted 6,200 Acre Jackson Hole Conservation Area Impact to Summer Motorized Eliminates It Restricts it to the southern Not Impacted 6,200 Acre Jackson Hole Conservation Area

ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT! • The MAWG Middle Ground Proposal is the result of hundreds of hours of work, hard conversations, and difficult compromises …. but it can be better. Please help us!