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Skiers vs bighorn sheep…clash in the Tet...

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Host Chris Morgan explores the tension between backcountry skiers using bighorn sheep habitat in the Teton mountains for recreation. The skiers disrupt the vulnerable sheep populations during the winter when survival is already difficult enough. Are we loving nature to death? 
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