It has sometimes been referred to as the “Bambi syndrome” where casual observers in the public view baby animals they believe may be abandoned and want to intervene. Mark Gocke of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department says that is exactly the wrong thing to do. He explains that … Continue Reading
Not surprisingly, Sequestration was on the minds of the superintendents of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks as they addressed the Jackson Hole Lunchtime Rotary Club Tuesday. Both praised the participation of the local communities and foundations for … Continue Reading
The National Park Service is seeking public comment regarding a facilities improvement plan proposed by the utility company that provides electrical service to Yellowstone National Park. That plan involved the construction of … Continue Reading
The unseasonably warm weather over the past week has depleted the water stored in snowfall around the northwestern Wyoming river basins. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the snow-water equivalent in the Snake River Basin has dropped to … Continue Reading
Scouts and Scout Leaders are in the midst this week of bundling, weighing, and tagging antlers to be sold at auction Saturday morning. The task comes on the heels of several evenings and one full day combing the refuge for shed antlers to be included in that sale. Altogether, Refuge Spokesperson Lori Iverson says the project involves a lot of hours on the parts of the volunteers. Iverson says altogether, the Jackson District Boy Scouts donate 2000 hours or more which would be equivalent to a full-time refuge employee working a 40-hour week. The yield from the annual sale varies from year to year, but frequently represents some high dollar amounts. However, Iverson points out the scouts only get a fraction of the money to help pay their national fees. Iverson says that amounted to about 20% of the gross sales in the past, but the refuge has revised the memorandum of understanding with the Boy Scouts increasing that to 25% reflecting the increase in dues that the district has struggled to pay over the past few years. Iverson says in the past year, money raised by the Scout event has been used to purchase mat tracks for the tractors used in distributing feed to the elk, for new radio collars for tracking the elk, and to pay the salaries of irrigators as the refuge raises natural forage for the wintering herd. The antler auction begins at 10:00 am Saturday.
Excellent weekend weather helped draw out a large number of area residents to participate in the 45th annual clean-up weekend. Coordinator Bob Norton says it is difficult to know just how many participants there were but he estimates there were 500 or more volunteers on hand for the effort. Norton says a lot of areas were … Continue Reading
The Bureau of Reclamation has announced plans to increase flows in the Snake River below Palisades Dam this week to about 18,000 cubic feet per second: making those increases gradually until the maximum is reached on May 18th. Then, after the high flow is sustained for two days, it will be … Continue Reading
The suddenly warm weather has enabled Grand Teton National Park to complete pre-season maintenance and open up the Moose Wilson Road this week. Park Spokesperson Jackie Skaggs says the park had decided … Continue Reading
More than 25 women volunteered on the Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area Teton Village construction site Saturday in recognition of National Women Build Week. The volunteers worked to finish windows and siding of the two Teton Village duplexes. However, even though … Continue Reading
Twenty-three members of the Teton County Search and Rescue team responded to a report Sunday morning of students from BYU-Idaho who had gone caving at the adjoining Wind & Ice Caves Saturday and had failed to return. Search and Rescue Chairman Tim Ciocarlan says the county received the call about 5:30 am and Teton County Wyoming sheriff’s deputies living in Teton Valley … Continue Reading
