Worried about growth and development in Jackson Hole?

Join the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance for dialog and learning. Hear from an expert panel who’ll share a wide scope of information and explore how mountain towns like ours have succeeded and failed managing growth.

Join us and imagine the future of Jackson Hole. Listen, learn, and engage. Let’s plan for a brighter future! Cash bar and complementary snacks.

Event Details:

• Doors open 5:30
• Talks begin at 6:00
• Panel discussion following
  Arrive before 6:00 to submit questions for panelists**

Key Note Speaker:

Robert Liberty is an expert in land use planning and regulation. For more than 44 years he has worked to conserve rural lands, resources, and create livable cities with equitable housing and transportation. Liberty’s experience includes working as an attorney, and the Director of 1000 Friends of Oregon. As a county land use hearings officer, an elected official, and as the director of university-based urban sustainability programs. Liberty has provided council and support to USEPA, state and local governments and nonprofit organizations across the US, from Alaska to Alabama, including ongoing work in Montana. He has been a speaker and advisor in Asia, Oceania, Europe and the Middle East. Currently Liberty is a member of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Commission.

Contributing Speaker:

Todd Wilkinson is an American journalist and author, and founder of Mountain Journal. He began as a crime reporter with the City News Bureau of Chicago, Wilkinson’s work has appeared in a wide variety of national publications, ranging from National Geographic to The Washington Post. Wilkinson is author of several books, including the critically-acclaimed Science Under Siege: The Politicians’ War on Nature and Truth, and Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek: An Intimate Portrait of 399, the Most Famous Bear of Greater Yellowstone, which won a High Plains Book Award. Wilkinson authors a longstanding syndicated column, “The New West,” recently named ‘best column in the country’ by the National Newspaper Association for small market newspapers. Wilkinson is a resident of Bozeman, Montana who loves writing about, and exploring, the vast Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.