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GTNP Sends Webcasts To Schools

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Grand Teton National Park has been reaching out to classrooms nationwide with curricula that feature the natural phenomena that is indigenous to the area – most recently with a “Snowdesk” webcast.  Hundreds of students in … Continue Reading

Crews Begin Clearing Teton Park Road

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Crews from Grand Teton National Park begin clearing the Teton Park Road from the Taggart Lake parking area to Signal Mountain Lodge today.  Park crews anticipate that with the low snowpack on the road, they will be able to have the road opened by its traditional opening date despite … Continue Reading

Control Burn Planned

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Teton Interagency Fire personnel plan to conduct the final phase of the Lava Creek prescribed fire as soon as spring conditions are suitable. The project is to take place near the Wilderness Ranches home sites, directly north of Highway 26/287 and east of … Continue Reading

GTNP Launches eHike

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A new web-based, interactive program takes viewers on an ‘eHike’ around String Lake, one of the six glacial lakes that grace the foot of the Teton Range. Park Spokesperson Jackie Skaggs says interpretive rangers from the park now are taking classroom students and visitors … Continue Reading

Congress Members Seek Wolf Delisting

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All three members of the Wyoming Delegation have joined with other western legislators in sending a letter to the US Fish and Wildlife chief Dan Ashe, encouraging the delisting of the wolf nationwide.  The letter, signed by a total of 59 representatives and 13 senators, tells Ashe … Continue Reading

Western Senators Seek Firefighting Funds

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Senators Mark Udall of Colorado and John Barrasso of Wyoming say they plan to offer a bipartisan amendment to the 2014 U.S. Senate budget to increase the funding availability for fighting wildfires and modernizing the air tanker fleet. Udall and Barrasso, who both serve on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said … Continue Reading

Some Areas of GTNP To Remain Closed

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Sequestration cuts in Grand Teton National Park will not come without a certain amount of inconvenience for some recreationists.  During a conference call Monday with members of the media, Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott revealed that … Continue Reading

GTNP Outlines Sequestration Cuts

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Calling the decisions the most difficult she has made in her National Park Service Career, Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott Monday outlined for the media what areas of service will see cuts this summer in order to trim about $700-thousand from the park’s budget.  Scott says through reduced hours, the park will be able to … Continue Reading

Looking To Change Bear Counting Methods

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The US Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting public review and input on Proposed Revisions to the Demographic Recovery Criteria for the Grizzly Bear Population in the Greater Yellowstone Area. According to Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator Chris Servheen, the agency is proposing to … Continue Reading

Avalanche Conditions Rise

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The Bridger Teton Avalanche Center is cautioning that soft sensitive wind slabs as deep as two feet have accumulated now in the back country contributing to an elevated avalanche condition today.  Yesterday, the center reports that … Continue Reading

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  • Former Guernsey Treasurer Sentenced for Income Tax Evasion - May 23, 2013
    Leslie Diane Zynda, age 39, of Marion, Iowa, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson yesterday on the charge of tax evasion stemming from the misappropriation of funds from the Town of Guernsey IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Stephen Boyd announced. Zynda was sentenced to 24 months in prison to be followed by three [...] [...]
  • UW Tracksters Begin Action at NCAA West Prelims - May 23, 2013
    A half-dozen university of Wyoming track and field athletes will begin action at the NCAA West Preliminaries in Austin, Texas today.  Paul Thomas and Joe Plante compete in the men’s discus, Lenyn Leonce in the men’s long jump, Shreese Daniels in the women’s hammer throw, and Diana Long and Taylor Gardner in the women’s 400 [...] [...]
  • A Moist, Cool Day With Warmer Weather Ahead - May 23, 2013
    A weather disturbance has brought a cool, moist air mass to the Cowboy State.  Dew points are mainly in the 30s and 40s with some fog in the southeast.  This moisture will allow for scattered showers and thunderstorms later today, especially  in the northwest and east. A warmer, drier air mass starts to move in [...] [...]
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    Here it is, not even Memorial Day yet, and my summer’s already completely spoken for. Every spare moment is booked. I’ll tell you about it on today’s show. [...]