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Bridger-Teton National Forest

Partners Continue to Support Porcupine Landslide Prework Efforts

Alpine, Wyo., May 24, 2018 – The Bridger-Teton National Forest is continuing to work with consultants and partnering agencies to get contractors, funding, equipment and personnel lined up to work, as soon as it is effective and safe to do…

Bridger-Teton Seeks Public Comment on Stream Restoration

KEMMERER, Wyo., May 9, 2018 – The Kemmerer Ranger District, Bridger-Teton National Forest, is proposing the Salt Creek Restoration Project to improve fish habitat and water quality along a portion of Salt Creek on the western portion of the Kemmerer…

Army Corps of Engineers examine Porcupine Slide

The following is a news release from the Bridger-Teton National Forest Alpine, Wyo., April 16, 2018 – The Bridger-Teton National Forest hosted an informational meeting for the public on April 13, 2018 in Alpine, Wyoming regarding the Porcupine Landslide. Approximately…

Public Meeting Scheduled for Porcupine Landslide

*The following is a press release from the Bridget-Teton National Forest* Alpine, Wyo., March 13, 2018 – The Bridger-Teton National Forest will hold a public meeting to answer questions on the Porcupine landslide which is affecting the Greys River Road, (FS…

Bridger-Teton National Forest Closes Greys River Corridor for Public Safety

The following is a news release from the Bridger-Teton National Forest Alpine, Wyo., March 12, 2018 – The Bridger-Teton National Forest has closed the Greys River Road (FS Road 10138) to all activity until further notice, from the parking lot…

Temporary Route Around Landslide Identified For Recreationists

The following is a news release from the Bridger-Teton National Forest Alpine, Wyo., February 21, 2018 – As the landslide continues to move on the Greys River Road, 17 miles from the parking lot in Alpine, Wyoming, the Bridger-Teton National…

Greys River landslide still moving 10-20 feet per day. New pictures and video of slide included.

More pictures of the slow moving landslide in the Greys River Canyon have been posted to social media.  The slide caused the closure of the Greys River Road, or Forest Service Road 10138, 17 miles south of Alpine. The owners of…

Slow moving slide prompts closure of Greys River Road

*Update* The Greys River Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest has implemented a temporary closure order for a portion of the Greys River Road near Alpine, Wyoming due to a large landslide that has compromised the road. The closed…

Pennsylvania woman sentenced for setting fires near Moran

MORAN, Wyo., January 9, 2018 – Stephanie Joy Nicole Dodson, 45, of Everett, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on January 2, 2018, on two felony counts of timber set afire. Dodson was arrested in…

Commissary avalanche claims the life of Utah man

A 35-year-old Utah man has died at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after he was buried for a short time in the Commissary Ridge area of the Bridger-Teton National forest southeast of Star Valley. Brennan Walpole was snowmobiling with…