Latest News Archives - Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

There’s a new Comp Plan in town

Posted April 2, 2020 76 0 0

Coronavirus has made all of us intimately familiar with uncertainty. We’re coping with protecting the safety and well-being of our community, the loss of some of our favorite places to gather and play, and the unknown of the months ahead...

Advocacy in uncertain times

Posted April 1, 2020 67 0 0

Advocacy in uncertain times In the month since our last update, it feels as though the whole world has ground to a halt. This is a unique time in history. The coronavirus pandemic has starkly highlighted the existing fault lines and power...

Why the Forest Service should start over with the Snow King Draft EIS

Posted March 31, 2020 95 0 0

We love Snow King, and we want Snow King to succeed as our local Town Hill – not an amusement park. We believe a better future is possible, beyond what the current investors are pushing. So when the Forest Service released their Draft...

We need to invest in preserving and protecting our area’s ecosystem

Posted March 26, 2020 146 0 0

With the coronavirus, we’ve been thinking a lot about public health and wellness, and how much we have to be thankful for. In Jackson, we’re fortunate to be surrounded by public lands that take care of us, both in sickness and in...

Community Organizing and COVID-19

Posted March 13, 2020 421 0 0

Dear Alliance supporters, I would like to give you an update on what we’re doing about the coronavirus. As you probably know, the town and county are canceling big events and recommending ‘social distancing’. This is a real...

JHMR proposes a doubling of backcountry ski guides’ user days

Posted March 4, 2020 505 0 0

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort wants to expand their backcountry ski guiding program by adding more permit days. We are concerned about this because more days in the backcountry means added threats to big horn sheep in their critical habitat. We...

Forest Service fails to study reasonable range of alternatives at Snow King

Posted February 20, 2020 776 0 0

We are extremely disappointed that the Forest Service is short-circuiting a fair process for reviewing harmful development proposed by the investors at Snow King, and failed to study the reasonable range of alternatives required under the...

Dear FAA: Please revoke this scenic heli tour authorization!

Posted February 13, 2020 793 0 0

The Alliance and 10 partner organizations wrote the following letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting they revoke Wind River Air’s authorization to operate scenic heli tours from the Jackson Hole airport. Thank you to...

The rubber hasn’t hit the road yet – a transportation update

Posted January 24, 2020 1029 0 0

According to our Comprehensive Plan, our community has a vision that “residents and visitors will safely, efficiently, and economically move within our community and throughout the region using alternative transportation,” and that future...

Snow King plan amendment discussed

Posted January 8, 2020 1390 0 0

Thanks to everyone who spoke up over the past two years as the Town Council deliberated about what the future should hold for the base of Snow King. The council generally approved a deal with the investors and developers on Monday. We are...

Conservation Leadership Institute (CLI): 10 rounds and counting

Posted December 19, 2019 1468 0 0

Congratulations to the recent graduates of CLI Round 10! I am excited to have had the opportunity to engage another group of passionate, motivated and caring community members in creating a better future for Jackson Hole. The participants of CLI...

Transportation solutions needed for Snow King

Posted December 16, 2019 1486 0 0

Transportation demand management (TDM) is commonly used to address the transportation impacts of developments, especially large projects like Snow King or Teton Village, with strategies like paying for bus passes for employees or guests. While...