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For over 20 years, Grand Teton has utilized volunteer groups to help with the preservation of historical buildings and landscapes, completing critical work and protecting significant properties. Grand Teton Hammer Corps provides the park with skilled project leaders, a formal ...

Tasked with facilitating safe interactions between visitors and animals, Grand Teton's Wildlife Brigade members are part ambassadors, part compliance officers. This valuable group of volunteers manages roadside wildlife jams, patrols picnic areas for unsecured food, and shares educational information with ...

This week marks the half-way point of the 2017 YCP season. The crew spent the first part of their week with the park's vegetation crew identifying and removing invasive weeds. After two days, all YCP members can confidently identify musk ...

The Youth Conservation Program had another hot and successful week! On Monday the crew split up into two teams. Half of the group worked at Blacktail Ponds building log checks (basically a log staircase) with a cross cut saw and ...

Warm, warmer, and even hot weather greeted YCP during their third week of the season. Many hands made light work on Monday when the crew got a hold of some pick axes and shovels and created a horse trail cut-off ...

Stephen Adamson was an attorney who was passionate about wild places, outdoor adventure, and Grand Teton National Park. He inspired many who knew him to dream big and explore. Through a sponsorship fund established in his honor, we celebrate his ...

Week two of YCP started with a drain cleaning extravaganza in Granite Canyon. The crew made it all the way to the Granite Patrol Cabin for a round trip of almost 13 miles, and the team is quickly becoming experts ...

Aerial view of Jenny Lake. Photo by David Swift. Early season work has allowed Grand Teton National Park to open a variety of trails and destinations at Jenny Lake. A huge thanks to trail crews for their incredible effort to ...

Grand Teton is one of the best national parks to see wildlife because it lies in the heart of one of the largest, intact temperate ecosystems in the world. Moose, beavers, bears, sandhill cranes, bison, wolves, and elk are just ...

Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation and Patagonia World Trout Initiative have demonstrated their commitment to the long-term conservation of native Snake River cutthroat trout by generously supporting habitat restoration in Grand Teton National Park. Both organizations recently awarded Grand Teton ...

If you are lucky enough to see a baby moose, be sure to keep your eye out for its protective mother. Photo by Jerry Herman. Long days and warm temperatures mark summer's arrival in Grand Teton National Park. As daily ...

By Shan Burson, Bioacoustic Ecologist The rare Townsend's big-eared bat. Photo from NPS. Next time you are in Grand Teton during warm weather months, look up in the evening and you may see the swirling, whirling flight of bats. Unlike ...