Recreational visits up, non-recreational visits down slightly made for an almost identical visitation figure for Grand Teton National Park when comparing January of this year with January of 2012. Specifically, 440 fewer people passed through the park entrance stations during … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park is currently recruiting participants for the 2013 Youth Conservation Program. Funding for this youth employment opportunity comes from the Grand Teton National Park Foundation through … Continue Reading
The 2013 Wyoming Governor’s Hospitality and Tourism Conference continues in Cheyenne today. Wyoming Travel Commission Director Diane Shober says the conference provides an opportunity to network, educate and interact with state legislators. In Shober’s words, … Continue Reading
As winter activities in the area increase and especially with increasing avalanche risks now, it is particularly important that those venturing out on back country adventures take personal responsibility for their safety. That begins with knowing current conditions and avalanche danger in the areas they are going, but … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park rangers recovered the body of a backcountry skier who died in an avalanche on Sunday afternoon.30-year-old Nick Gillespie of Jackson, Wyoming, was caught in an avalanche on the southeast face of 9,277 foot Survey Peak in the northern Teton Range about 5:00 pm and died as a result of … Continue Reading
The University of Wyoming and the National Park Service are in the process of preparing an environmental assessment to analyze environmental effects of a range of alternatives for proposed improvements to the UW/NPS Research Center Campus at the AMK Ranch on the eastern shore of … Continue Reading
The Upper Snake River Basin Local Sage Grouse Working Group will hold its next meeting from 1:00 to 4:30 pm tomorrow at the Wyoming Game and Fish Jackson Region office. The primary focus of the meeting will be … Continue Reading
If you are one of those lucky people to have Monday off as the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday holiday, you may want to consider a trip into your national parks for your day off. Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks are among the National Park Service sites across the nation in … Continue Reading
Grand Teton National Park rangers, with assistance from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, conducted an investigation into the recent death of a popular buck mule deer. The mule deer died as a result of physical injuries sometime last Tuesday along the Gros Ventre River near … Continue Reading
Django Unchained continues to draw considerable attention at box offices around the country, and Wyoming tourism interests are quick to point out the exposure of the state’s landscape certainly won’t hurt that industry in the months ahead. However, how did those associated with the film feel about the experience? Director Quentin Tarantino calls Wyoming … Continue Reading
