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Community Organizing and COVID-19

Posted March 13, 2020 903 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 900 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 1233 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 1109 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 1408 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 1782 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 1828 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 1825 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...

The win-win solution for Snow King

Posted December 14, 2019 1869 0 0

We love Snow King and we want it to succeed as our Town Hill. We believe the current owners’ development proposals will make it worse – bulldozing important mule deer, elk, northern goshawk and great gray owl habitat, putting huge buildings on...

Friends don’t let friends…

Posted December 4, 2019 2049 0 0

…go to Cheyenne to undermine our local democracy Have your friends been driving down to Cheyenne to get the state legislature to take away our local authority over land-use and development? At the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, we...

“Companies simply cannot find consistent employees due to a shortage in housing.”

Posted December 3, 2019 2179 0 0

Elizabeth Hutchings (pictured left) recently joined other young Jackson residents and Conservation Leadership Institute participants to speak up on an anti-housing bill in Cheyenne. Read her comments below, and click here to learn more and sign a...

“The parents of my students are not here to give comment…they are working to afford housing.”

Posted November 27, 2019 2366 0 0

Kate Roberts is a young Jackson resident, preschool teacher, and Conservation Leadership Institute participant who traveled to Cheyenne to give comment on the recent proposed anti-housing bill. Read her thoughts below. Thank you for your time...