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Paintbrush Divide Trail Receives Renovation
Decades of snow creep and loose rock have made the trail at Paintbrush Divide dangerous and difficult to follow. As trail work near Hurricane Pass comes to a close, restoration efforts at another site along the Teton Crest Trail-Paintbrush Divide-is ...
Trail Talk – Behind the Scenes with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Week 8
It is hard to believe the Youth Conservation Program is already closing in on the end of another great season in Grand Teton. Week eight was a success with the crew improving trails and visitor experiences while learning about unique ...
Trail Talk – Behind the Scene with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Week 7
The 2021 Youth Conservation Program continues to grow as a team as they work and learn while on the trails of Grand Teton National Park. In their seventh week, the crew focused on repairs at Schwabacher Landing, a popular destination ...
Trail Talk – Behind the Scenes with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Week 6
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 5
Grand Teton's 2021 Youth Conservation Program hit the halfway mark this week. Aside from their typical trail work routine, the crew had the opportunity to work with different departments and gained knowledge on some of the critical yet lesser-known careers ...
Trail Talk – Behind the Scenes with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Week 4
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 ...
VIDEO: In Their Own Words—Youth Conservation Program Alums Reflect on Fifteen Years of Impact
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. As ...
Trail Talk: Behind the Scenes with the Youth Conservation Program, Week 3
Crew members clear avalanche debris from the trail. On Monday, the crew hiked up Granite Canyon to help NPS employees clear a path through an avalanche that occurred during winter. No one was expecting to shovel snow at the end of ...
WildWalls Murals Paint Attention to Conservation
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 ...
Wildlife Whereabouts: Long Days and Short Nights
Most of the year's bison calves have been born by the end of June. Trumpeter swan eggs are hatching. Young swans, or cygnets, are typically light gray in color and can swim within 24 hours of hatching. They will be ...
Adventure Journal: Seven Necessities for Your Summer Pack
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 ...
Trail Talk: Behind the Scenes with Grand Teton’s Youth Conservation Program – Weeks 1 & 2
YCP members, Foundation staff, and NPS staff celebrated the program's fifteen-year anniversary this week. 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 ...