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Youth Conservation Leadership Institute

Posted June 13, 2018 2169 0 0

Our recent Youth Conservation Leadership Institute training was a stellar success! The full-day workshop was planned and led by AmeriCorps volunteer Everett Secor in partnership with Alliance Community Engagement Manager Marisa Wilson. Read...

Welcoming our Summer 2018 Interns

Posted June 13, 2018 3304 0 0

Kaylee Murray Kaylee is one of our newest interns for the summer. For the next few months, she will be working on the Alliance’s “Don’t Poach the Powder” campaign, helping to implement a new communications and public outreach strategy to protect...

Safe Wildlife Crossings: a top SPET priority

Posted May 18, 2018 2248 0 0

Safe wildlife crossings are important public infrastructure and should be at the top of our list of priorities for Special Purpose Excise Tax (SPET) funding. Now that the Wildlife Crossings Masterplan is ready, let’s design, fund, and build...

Why does Town Zoning matter?

Posted May 16, 2018 2148 0 0

The “District 3-6” residential zoning in Town is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape our future by locating growth where it belongs. Developers are constantly pushing to upzone, annex, and build on important open space and...

Snow King stakeholder scenarios highlight supported and controversial proposals

Posted May 16, 2018 2859 0 0

On Monday, May 21, the planning department will unveil the Snow King Stakeholder Group’s scenarios for future Snow King development. Both the stakeholders’ work and robust community dialogue at two public meetings make it clear that our community...

Community Encounters: Whitebark Pine

Posted May 15, 2018 3151 0 1

Clark’s nutcrackers and whitebark pine: a fascinating mutualism, and a reminder that our backyards are interconnected with the rest of the world By Taza Schaming, Ph.D. – Research Associate, Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative Hike up...

Something to Celebrate: Wildlife Crossings Master Plan Complete!

Posted May 2, 2018 5428 0 1

This time last year, the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance held an open house to celebrate the hard work of those that were involved with the Wildlife Crossings Master Plan. Commissioned by the County, the Master Plan is a comprehensive study...

Community Encounters: Goshawk

Posted April 19, 2018 2583 0 1

By Jon Mobeck – Executive Director, Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation This is the story of an elusive and magnificent bird, and a story of a walk in the woods. They are connected. I enjoy wandering in the forest, looking and listening...

What’s the deal with SKRMA?

Posted April 17, 2018 3567 0 0

We want Snow King to succeed financially. Right now, a group of stakeholders is drawing up scenarios for the future of the Town Hill, including balanced visions like what we shared recently. But we’ve been here before – our Town already gave Snow...

Yellowstone Valley and The Great Flood

Posted March 20, 2018 2622 0 0

A Cheyenne Legend Original author of this version is unknown, but this is how it was told to me by my grandmother as well as other elders while growing up. It came to mind as one of the origins of our wetlands and when the water rested, their...

CLI to SHAPE

Posted March 7, 2018 2482 0 1

by Amelia Howe As I approached the doors of the temporary Wyoming State Capitol building, I expected to feel fearful and intimidated about talking to my representatives. What do I, a 23-year-old constituent of Teton County, have to offer our...

Community Encounter: Ungulates

Posted March 6, 2018 2851 0 0

By Tiana Wilson This valley is special for more reasons than anyone can count on one hand. The views, the places, the playgrounds, and the passion all make Jackson Hole what it is. But something that one simply can’t picture this place without is...