As charming as it is, the Colter Bay area of Grand Teton National Park is not without its issues, which include traffic issues and guest lodging. In a bid to resolve those and other issues, the National Park Service is embarking on a planning effort to "reestablish Colter Bay as a key destination and central location for all visitors to stay, play and learn."
It was just over a month ago when the federal government was staring at the possibility of a shutdown. Well, little seemingly has changed in the ensuing four weeks, other than that the House of Representatives has a new speaker in Mike Johnson from Louisiana, and the full chamber has settled on its budget numbers for fiscal 2024…which started back on October 1.
A wildlife documentary chronicling the large mammal migrations of Grand Teton National Park was released online this week, showing how the park is biologically connected to distant habitats in Idaho and Wyoming.
The pathway of a highly migratory western Wyoming pronghorn herd that’s been known by researchers for a quarter-century is at “high risk” of being lost.
When a young park ranger was asked by his supervisor to clean out an old barn at Grand Teton National Park in the early 1970s, he discovered a dusty and stained blue, grey, and green poster inviting folks to “Meet the Ranger Naturalist at Jenny Lake Museum". This young ranger, Doug Leen, soon discovered that it was one in a series of posters created by the Works Progress Administration to put artists to work and promote visitation to the national parks during the late 1930s.
Some lodging prices in Yellowstone National Park are effectively blocking a wide segment of Americans, whose tax dollars help pay for the National Park System out of experiencing a night or two in the park's iconic lodges.
The state of Wyoming has taken a key step toward unloading its last remaining 640 acres locked within the borders of Grand Teton National Park. The land, in the heart of Jackson Hole, could be sold at auction.
Phase three construction of the Snake River Gateways Project at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming will require closure of Moose Landing to the public.
The federal government is going to try to return whitebark pine, a threatened species, to parts of Glacier, Grand Teton, and Yellowstone national parks under a program with American Forests that is being funded with $44 million from the Inflation Reduction Act.