Personnel from Teton Interagency Fires are performing a prescribed fire on up to 156 acres on the east side of Grand Teton National Park today. The project is located south of Warm Springs Road at Teton Valley Ranch North. Spokesperson Traci Weaver says the burn is intended to facilitate the restoration of native grasses in combination with herbicide and other treatments.
A better understanding of food sources for the region’s grizzly bear population will be key to better ascertaining its recovery and eligibility for delisting. That was the conclusion of bear managers gathered in Jackson Hole this week for the semi-annual meeting of the Yellowstone Ecosystem Subcommittee of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee. A major concern, says spokesman Gregg Losinski is … Continue Reading
New phone applications are becoming available to help visitors to Yellowstone National Park know where wolves, bears or other wildlife have been spotted and improve their odds of also viewing the animals. The results potentially could be mixed; not only … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park offers free admission and more during National Park Week from April 21st through the 29th. Several activities and events are planned for the whole family and these are also free of charge. Visitors and local residents are encouraged to … Continue Reading
The warmer weather has brought out some local celebrities in Grand Teton National Park. Grizzly 610 and her three cubs delighted visitors to the park over the weekend with scores of visitors looking on as … Continue Reading
Just how many people have been visiting Grand Teton National Park this spring? This year, that is not particularly clear as old, malfunctioning equipment has recently been replaced with new, state-of-the-art counting systems and the numbers are rather skewed. Park Spokesperson Jackie Skaggs says … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park Foundation has released a second video featuring some of the year’s most spectacular footage of natural phenomena in Grand Teton National Park. “Weather in Grand Teton” is the second of four videos in the Foundation’s new series entitled, From Valley to Peak,” with … Continue Reading
This fire management region of the country will likely face generally normal fire potential over the next several months according to the report issued in early April by the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise. The Eastern Great Basin Region typically has little significant fire potential in April according to … Continue Reading
They’re on the move. Wildlife throughout northwestern Wyoming are moving from their winter ranges to their summer ranges now – and Grand Teton National Park Spokesperson Jackie Skaggs cautions that this movement is taking them across busy highways now. Skaggs says the park is starting to see … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park ranger naturalists have begun their early-morning tours to observe strutting sage grouse performing their annual courtship dance on an historic lek located just off the Antelope Flats Road near Mormon Row. Strutting grouse trips are being offered beginning … Continue Reading
