The collaborative retrieval of buried letters, forest brochures, four-leaf clovers, and pink hair curlers that were lost for over half a century, closes out a forest veterans decades of passion for the Bridger-Teton.
Environment
Council approves conceptual plan for Cache St. development
Concerns linger regarding contaminants under the site and bold designs.
Lodging tax pool shrinks for forest stewardship
Friends of Bridger-Teton National Forest is asking for the most money out of six nonprofits operating “ambassador” programs.
Supreme Court sides with controversial Uinta Basin railway, limiting federal environmental review
The proposed railroad would transport crude oil from Utah through the Colorado Rockies to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The Supreme Court has ruled in the railway developers’ favor, after hearing oral arguments in December.
New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
The study found that groundwater losses in the Colorado River basin were 2.4 times greater than the amount of water lost from the surfaces of Lake Powell, Lake Mead, and a number of other smaller reservoirs that store Colorado River water.
Compost program offers 50% off for a year
County maneuvers a 2023 USDA grant for ‘ambitious’ waste diversion goals.
Nonprofit temporarily replaces some Bridger-Teton seasonal staff
Five employees of Friends of Bridger Teton will work alongside forest staff.
Federal dollars come through for cleaning Bridger-Teton forest toilets
Before this month, the group was not sure if it would receive about $80,000 to do the dirty work.
Public lands not the solution to the West’s housing crisis, economists say
A new study from Headwaters Economics shows that housing on public lands would have only a minimal impact on the West’s housing crisis, with most potential development being focused in a small number of states.
