Planning Archives - Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

Scenario Planning for Wildlife Permeability: A presentation by Brent Brock

Posted September 11, 2021 104 0 0

“Wild Planner” is a new and innovative GIS tool developed by a Wildlife Conservation Society researcher for land-use planning and wildlife movement. One key strategy to advance our mission is developing a “smart growth” vision for...

Do the Northern South Park development “alternatives” provide what our community needs?

Posted August 27, 2021 458 0 0

We support a neighborhood in Northern South Park that honors our ranching heritage, respects the needs of our essential workers, and sustains healthy wildlife populations. After months of work, the county’s consultant Opticos released three...

Northern South Park neighborhood development alternatives released

Posted August 20, 2021 201 0 0

On Thursday, Teton County and the consultant group Opticos Design Inc. released three alternatives for Northern South Park, with a variety of options for density, housing, transportation and more. Opticos, the project team consultant hired by...

Northern South Park Neighborhood Plan Public Workshop Scheduled

Posted August 9, 2021 185 0 0

Come give input on how the future of our community is developed! Four design options for the Northern South Park neighborhood plan will be presented at an open house August 19 and online. Opticos, the project team consultant hired by the county...

Transportation Campaign Updates

Posted July 23, 2021 311 0 1

We’re waiting in the same line of cars as you all are – and we’re doing something about it! We had a great meeting with WYDOT Director Luke Reiner and his executive staff last week and informed them of our vision to get our community behind a...

Jackson has a traffic problem. Adding more roads will make it worse.

Posted July 23, 2021 774 0 7

Short-sighted road expansion projects are likely to exacerbate the crisis. Last week, the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board announced that there have been 50,000-plus visitors in Jackson town limits every day in July. The numbers represent...

What your neighbors are saying about Northern South Park

Posted June 17, 2021 465 0 1

Talk of the neighborhood While the community anxiously awaits draft options of what the new neighborhood in Northern South Park could look like, your neighbors have been talking (and writing). Click the titles to read more! It’s still a...

Sustain wildlife in South Park

Posted May 24, 2021 466 0 0

Let’s sustain healthy wildlife populations through the neighborhood plan for Northern South Park. We are a community of people who love to call wild places home – and wildlife our neighbors. As we expand into open space to house essential...

Plan ahead to protect wildlife at Stilson

Posted April 29, 2021 504 0 0

Stilson is a critical transportation hub for people and wildlife. The Stilson transit center makes it possible for people to get around without a car, and it’s also the site of the county’s highest priority wildlife crossing. In 2019...

Red House Apartments: right project, right place

Posted January 29, 2021 1089 0 0

The Red House Apartments will create over 50 apartments for our local workforce. The project, which is 100% deed-restricted, is a one-of-a-kind partnership between the Cumming Foundation, Teton County, and the Jackson Teton County Affordable...

“Suburban” project could derail neighborhood plan

Posted January 27, 2021 979 0 0

The neighborhood plan for Northern South Park (NSP) is already underway, yet one of the landowners is asking for approval of old-school development in the same area. The Suburban development (so called, because of the name of the zoning) proposes...

Water workshop shows more to do

Posted January 15, 2021 479 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...