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National Park Traveler reported

The sale of 640 acres within Grand Teton National Park from the state of Wyoming to the Interior Department was finalized Monday, ensuring permanent protection for the parcel that is key for migratory wildlife and erasing concerns that the property might have been sold for development.

The one-square-mile tract was state school trust land, land intended to generate revenue for Wyoming’s Common School Permanent Fund. The purchase price — $100 million — will go into that fund. In return, the permanent conservation of the land maintains essential connectivity for wildlife in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—one of the last remaining, nearly intact temperate ecosystems on the planet.

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