YCP lended a few hands to the park’s horse packers this week in preserving the Taggart Barn. Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program started week six of their summer season performing critical maintenance to the historic Taggart Barn at the Taggart …
Trail Talk – Behind the Scenes with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Week 6 READ MORE
YCP put in some serious miles this week as they performed trail maintenance throughout Grand Teton. Week four of YCP 2021 saw the crew continuing work up Death Canyon, where the trail has become overrun in many areas by thick …
Trail Talk – Behind the Scenes with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Week 4 READ MORE
Transformative. Challenging. Inspirational. Wilderness. Friendships. These are some of the words that Youth Conservation Program (YCP) alums have used to describe their experience in the Foundation’s flagship youth program, which is executed in partnership with Grand Teton National Park. YCP …
Jackson Hole Public Art and local artists have been busy at work, printing large-scale artworks and prepping sites for the annual mural event — WildWalls— which opened on June 29 and runs through early September. Grand Teton National Park Foundation …
Long days and warm temperatures mark summer’s arrival in Grand Teton National Park. As daily high temperatures rise with the season, mid-day animal activity will be reduced considerably. Be sure to get out early in the morning or later in …
It is officially summer in the Tetons and time to start preparing for those flower-filled hikes and backpacking trips you were dreaming of all winter. Although the high county is still holding snow, lower elevation hikes are melted out and …
Adventure Journal: Seven Necessities for Your Summer Pack READ MORE
YCP members, Foundation staff, and NPS staff celebrated the program’s fifteen-year anniversary in June. The 2021 Youth Conservation Program is off to a great start, and the returning and new team members got right to work. During the first week …
Trail Talk: Behind the Scenes with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Weeks 1 & 2 READ MORE
In 1895, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent homesteaders into the Jackson Hole valley with the mission of creating a community. With a church and school at its heart and a distinctive arrangement of farms lining one …
Restoration of Pink House Marks the Start of Multi-year Project at Mormon Row READ MORE
The onset of spring and increase in nutritious vegetation supports new life as animals return to the park to forage and reproduce. Birds are nesting, trout are spawning, and mammals are caring for their offspring after a long winter. Much …
Grizzly and black bears are emerging from their winter dens. Common food sources for these creatures during spring include carcasses of elk and other animals that did not survive winter. Bears will be very protective of their food caches, so …
Pura Vida and NPS Academy had a great start to the 2021 season as students explored the multitude of possibilities to work as stewards of our national parks and their natural resources. The above illustration is the Pura Vida logo …
NPS Academy and Pura Vida Participants Complete Spring Sessions READ MORE
Elk migrate north near the town of Kelly in Grand Teton National Park. Photo: Josh Metten. • Northern migration of elk from the National Elk Refuge into Grand Teton has begun. Elk typically move up in the Snake River corridor …