Conservation Archives - Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

Snow King Objection Meeting Highlights – Winter Wildlands Alliance

Posted February 23, 2021 452 0 0

We are trying to protect Snow King Mountain, our Town Hill, from harmful development plans by new investors. We want Snow King to succeed as our Town Hill, not an amusement park. The Bridger-Teton office of the US Forest Service has been...

Snow King Objection Meeting Highlights – Alliance

Posted February 23, 2021 425 0 0

We are trying to protect Snow King Mountain, our Town Hill, from harmful development plans by new investors. We want Snow King to succeed as our Town Hill, not an amusement park. The Bridger-Teton office of the US Forest Service has been...

Water workshop shows more to do

Posted January 15, 2021 349 0 1

A recent workshop demonstrated the scope of work that remains to be done to protect our drinking water. Despite previous and ongoing efforts (by many government and nonprofit partners) our water quality is not what it should be; Hoback Junction’s...

Wildlife Crossings: A year after passing the SPET measure

Posted November 9, 2020 923 0 0

Remember this time last year feeling the euphoria of passing the Safe Wildlife Crossings measure in the November 2019 Specific Purpose Excise Tax (SPET) ballot? After years of work, our community passed the measure with 79% of the vote (the...

State trust lands could be developed

Posted October 30, 2020 914 0 0

With the passage of HB 162 earlier this year, state lawmakers directed the Office of State Lands and Investments to “maximize” the value of state trust lands in Teton County – and in Teton County only. State trust lands were gifted to states by...

1 Cent for Conservation and the Community: Support the General Penny!

Posted October 29, 2020 639 0 0

2020 has been a year for the books: a global pandemic, economic fallout, local budget cuts – and yet this summer we had record-breaking visitation to our public lands. We’re fortunate to benefit from the open space, wildlife, and recreational...

Grand Targhee seeks to expand – what does that mean for “the quiet side of the Tetons”?

Posted October 1, 2020 1832 0 0

by Chelsea Carson, Alliance conservation program manager As a resident of the Idaho side of Teton County, I cherish the amenities that come with living on the “quieter side of the Tetons,” like the slower pace, more affordable housing, and rural...

Keeping Jackson Hole whole and wild

Posted September 3, 2020 727 0 0

How can we keep this wild place whole? The central vision of our Comprehensive Plan (the community’s guiding document for the future) is to “preserve and protect the area’s ecosystem.” The wildness of the Greater...