Australian hiker found dead in the Tetons after being missing for nearly a week
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming — An Australian man was found dead in a remote part of the Tetons on Wednesday, after being missing for nearly a week. According to a news release from Teton County Search and Rescue…
Grand Teton National Park buys 35 acres near Granite Canyon
JACKSON (WNE) — Grand Teton National Park is 35 acres larger after the park purchased a parcel just north of Teton Village. It’s the last of six parcels that the park has purchased from the Resor family near the…
Grand Teton National Park kills black bear amid raft of early summer ursine conflict
• At least five black bears have obtained human food this season. By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Grand Teton National Park has seen elevated bear conflict — and bear activity —…
Wyoming’s ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ is a signature away from protections fought over for a quarter century
• The push to designate the southernmost reaches of a migration corridor that cuts through energy-rich Green River Basin landscapes has almost reached the finish line. By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com From afar, conservation biologist Joel Berger has tracked…
What to expect in Wyoming’s Grand Teton, Yellowstone parks as summer kicks off
• Several large infrastructure projects may delay traffic in GTNP, while bear closure remains in effect in Yellowstone. By Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the high season in Wyoming’s Grand Teton and…
Tourism stable amid warm conditions
By Alex Viveros Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Helia Zhang came to Jackson Hole prepared for cold weather, holding a puffy jacket as she and her family took pictures at the antler arches Friday afternoon…
Data centers could intersect ‘Path of the Pronghorn’
• Lincoln County voices interest in data centers amid migration protection talks. By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — Newfangled technology may tangle with a prehistoric mammal on Wyoming’s sagebrush steppe. As a…
Skier ‘caught, carried, buried’ as avalanche cycle hits the Tetons after spring storm
JACKSON (WNE) — A skier was caught and buried in an avalanche Saturday on Teton Pass as people flocked to the backcountry after the first major storm in over a month. The skier, who survived with an injured leg,…
Grizzly sow and cubs spotted in Grand Teton National Park, possibly first sighting of season
JACKSON (WNE) — A Grand Teton National Park visitor spotted a grizzly bear mother and two yearlings on Sunday, possibly the first sighting of the season. The bears were seen in the Cunningham Cabin area, about six miles south…
Game and Fish to begin new elk study
JACKSON — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is beginning a new study aimed at tracking one of North America’s largest and most renowned elk populations — the Jackson Elk Herd. In collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,…