Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y), having been exposed for their connectivity agenda, has changed their tactics of late. One is changing their messaging on promoting overpasses by now saying they are for "safe wildlife passages" in an effort to convince Fremont County citizens to vote Yes on the upcoming Advisory Vote. A Yes vote essentially gives the green light to supporting wildlife overpasses and miles of fencing (See Fremont County Citizens article under IP Focus tab). Now they are hitting old statistics as a means to justify "safe wildlife passages", which is really their same agenda for overpasses, tugging more on the fear factor of safety rather than the poor Elk being roadkill. Justification for wildlife overpasses by Y2Y has always been about Elk, now they are shifting their focus to Deer? Why? Do Elk collision numbers not justify their cause? Of course they don't, and never have. Below is a screenshot of a 2016 map used on the Island Park Safe Wildlife Passage (IPSWP) facebook page from 2017. Once again, this map is misleading and the reason Y2Y is using it, because it is misleading. This map, and Y2Y, report the likelihood of drivers hitting a "Deer" in Idaho is 1 in 147. That is in 2016. However, the truth is, in 2018 State Farm reported fewer Deer collisions. and the factual number is 1 in 164 for Idaho. Idaho is not in the top ranking for collisions and never has been, even in 2016, or 2015, or by the CarInsurance website. Montana continues to rank at the top, perhaps Y2Y should leave Idaho and focus on Montana for their overpass agenda. Here is the accurate, factual, State Farm map. It is unlikely this will be posted by Y2Y as an update to the previous map. Perhaps the rush was getting the old map up as the new State Farm numbers were soon to be published, numbers that don't contribute to the Y2Y agenda, but rather lessen the support for it. Y2Y, stop using inaccurate and misleading data. One has to assume that Y2Y U.S. Program Director, Kim Trotter, creator of IPSWP, is the one who is trying to manipulate a false picture regarding the overpass agenda by using outdated Deer data. This just continues adding to Y2Y's lack of credibility along with their other manipulated data on roadkill. The shift from Elk to Deer is incredulous and might suggest there is some desperation in the Y2Y campaign for manipulating their propaganda. Won't work. Island Park, Fremont County, and Idaho citizens are smarter than you understand.
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