On July 30th and 31st, lightning caused 10 wildfires in Yosemite National Park. Fire managers are referring to these small fires as the Mather Complex. The fires range in sizes from one-tenth to one-quarter of an acre. The incidents are along Tioga Road, from White Wolf Campground southwest to Crane Flat in the Mather District….
View MoreGrand Teton National Park Foundation and Grand Teton National Park are celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the Youth Conservation Program (YCP). YCP was launched in 2006 to steward the next generation of conservation leaders—aligning with the core mission of the National Park Service to foster a land ethic and an appreciation for the outdoors in…
View MoreMalcom “Mack” McFarland, safety, health, and wellness manager at Grand Teton National Park, has been named as the wildland fire safety specialist for the National Park Service (NPS) Branch of Wildland Fire. https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1965/mack-mcfarland-wildland-fire-safety-specialist.htm
View MoreGrand Teton National Park Foundation and Grand Teton National Park are pleased to share the launch of the public beta version of the Jenny Lake Explorer App, developed and published by Grand Teton National Park Foundation and available soon on app stores. As a young (or young at heart) visitor explores the Jenny Lake area,…
View MoreGrand Teton National Park staff have initiated habitat restoration projects in the southern part of the park. The work is part of a multi-phase restoration effort to replace approximately 4,500 acres of former non-native grass fields with native sagebrush steppe habitat. A healthy sagebrush ecosystem in Grand Teton is vital for the diversity and abundance…
View MoreThe unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed for seasonal dust abatement beginning 4 a.m. Tuesday, July 27 and will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, July 29. This routine dust abatement application happens several times during the summer on the approximately one-mile of unpaved section of the…
View MoreGrand Teton National Park in partnership with the Grand Teton National Park Foundation are working to improve sections of the Teton Crest Trail. There will be intermittent 30-minute closures on a section of the trail near the summit of Paintbrush Divide between July 22-27 and August 5-10. Visitors planning on hiking over Paintbrush Divide during…
View MoreGrand Teton National Park visitors, boaters, and river users should expect impacts to some recreational activities, including modified operations at lake marinas, from the expected drawdown of Jackson Lake. The public is advised to use caution when recreating on Jackson Lake and the Snake River downstream of Jackson Lake Dam. https://www.nps.gov/grte/learn/news/modified-operations-at-marinas-on-jackson-lake.htm
View MoreIn recognition of Latino Conservation Week, Grand Teton National Park is celebrating the work of local young and emerging LatinX leaders. Grand Teton National Park in collaboration with local education organizations have started a new program, Rising Educators, to create opportunities for local LatinX high school youth to pursue leadership and career development through teaching…
View MoreGrand Teton National Park hosted an estimated 752,114 recreation visits in June 2021. This is a 61% increase from June 2020 (468,201 recreation visits) and a 20% increase from June 2019 (625,441 recreation visits). Park statistics show that June 2021 had the highest number of recreation visits on record for the month of June. https://www.nps.gov/grte/learn/news/grand-teton-has-record-visitation-for-the-month-of-june.htm
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