The Race is on For Wyoming to Sell Land to Grand Teton National Park Before it’s Sold to Developers The clock is ticking for the Kelly Parcel, a 640-acre plot adjacent to the Grand Teton National Park’s southern boundary. Wyoming state land commissioners are pressured to sell land, which resulted in the Kelly Parcel being put up for public auction last year. The pressure comes from a constitutional agreement that many Western states made that requires the states to raise […] Industry News Luke Guilford | August 12, 2024 0 Comments
Grizzly Bears Poised for a Return to Washington’s North Cascades The North Cascades are a breathtaking sight of jagged peaks and emerald valleys located in Northern Washington State. The Cascades are on the cusp of reclaiming a vital piece of their ecological heritage: the grizzly bear. The grizzly bear population has dwindled up north almost to the point of extinction, with the last confirmed sighting in the Cascades reported in 1996. Unregulated […] Jack Bynum | July 9, 2024 0 Comments
Beware the Salt-Craving Moose Licking Your Car I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a moose, but they are not small. I still remember my first moose encounter. I was tree planting in Northern Ontario many years ago when a bull moose decided my plot was his mating grounds. At 10 feet tall, he towered over me. I took shelter atop a pile of slash (cut trees and […] Brains Mike Humphrey | February 9, 2024 0 Comments
Please, Care For The Bear! Today marks the beginning of the Labor Day long weekend. Despite the early season storm coming to the Tahoe region, I anticipate many people from the Bay Area and other parts will come to Tahoe to enjoy its beautiful blue waters and pine forests. Many people will come by car, so we’d like to remind you about precious wildlife like […] Claire Weiss | September 1, 2023 0 Comments
New Pack of Gray Wolves Emerges in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California 100 years ago, gray wolves roamed most of North America. However, back in the 1920s, despite being native to the area gray wolves were hunted and trapped to extinction. Now the wolves have slowly been making a comeback to several western states. In California specifically, it has only been in the past decade or so that a few gray wolves […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 15, 2023 0 Comments
The 9 Most Frequent Dangers in the Mountains, and How to Avoid Them As enchanting as the mountains maybe, they are far from forgiving. Some dangers are external, like avalanches, wildlife, and massive storms, and some are internal, ones you cannot see coming, like altitude sickness, getting lost, and hypothermia. You must always stand guard while on top of the world if you’d like to make it back down. Below you can learn about the nine most […] Spencer Miller | December 15, 2022 5 Comments
Pack Out The Peels And Cores; Myth Busters Tackle Trailside Food Waste National Parks and Wildlands are spreading the word to grow awareness against a common misconception: it’s all good to leave so-called natural food trash along the trail. The myth at play is the preconception that decomposition of waste (like peels or cores) makes it OK to toss those items into the forest. According to information shared recently by Glacier National […] Paulie | August 5, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Rare Wolverine Sighting in the Teton Range, WY View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jackson Hole EcoTours (@jacksonholeecotours) On July 3, 2022, there was a rare wolverine sighting on the west side of the Tetons. It is evidenced by this video by Michael Devine. Related: VIDEO: Meanwhile, in Alaska… Wolverine Strolls Past Biker Carrying Goat’s Head The video is from so far away that one […] Industry News Brent Thomas | July 13, 2022 3 Comments
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