Grand Teton National Park News
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The National Park Service invites you to help us reimagine the Taggart Lake experience
October 18, 2024 | 12:20 pm
The National Park Service wants to hear from you as we consider improvements to the Taggart Lake experience at Grand Teton National Park.
Fire Danger Increased to Very High
October 3, 2024 | 2:00 pm
Teton Interagency Fire managers have elevated the fire danger rating to “Very High” for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest and the National Elk Refuge. When the fire danger is "Very High," fires can start easily from most causes and may spread rapidly with quick increase in intensity right after ignition. Small fires can quickly become large fires and exhibit extreme fire intensity, such as long-distance spotting. These fires can be difficult to control and can often become much larger and longer lasting.
Upcoming closures and delays on Moose-Wilson, Death Canyon and Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve entrance roads
September 19, 2024 | 10:46 am
Motorists, cyclists, and hikers on the Moose-Wilson Road should plan ahead for delays and closures. Roadwork schedules may change without notice, or be delayed, due to weather conditions or other extenuating circumstances.
Fire Danger Increased to High
July 9, 2024 | 4:30 pm
Teton Interagency Fire managers have elevated the fire danger rating to high for Grand Teton National Park, the Bridger-Teton National Forest and the National Elk Refuge beginning Tuesday, July 9.
Grand Teton Seeking Public Input of Future Visitor Experience
July 3, 2024 | 1:06 pm
Grand Teton National Park is seeking public input through August 12, 2024, on draft desired conditions for the park and specific management areas. Desired conditions are statements that describe resource conditions, visitor experiences and opportunities, and facilities and services that the National Park Service strives to achieve and maintain in a particular park or area. Desired conditions help park managers answer the question “what are we trying to achieve?”
Fire Danger Increased to Moderate
June 25, 2024 | 3:00 pm
Teton Interagency fire managers announced the fire danger has been elevated to “moderate” for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the National Elk Refuge. The potential for fire activity has increased due to summer curing of vegetation combined with warmer and windy conditions.
Grand Teton National Park releases the Grand Glimpse: 2024 State of the Park
May 31, 2024 | 2:44 pm
Grand Teton National Park is proud to release the Grand Glimpse: 2024 State of the Park. The report shares updates in each of the park’s strategic emphasis areas and highlights the amazing accomplishments of park staff, volunteers, and partners who work to support these efforts.
Grand Teton Kicks Off Latest Phase of Multi-Year Sagebrush Habitat Restoration Efforts
May 30, 2024 | 3:12 pm
Grand Teton National Park vegetation management specialists are once again engaged in habitat restoration projects in the park as part of a multi-phase restoration effort to replace approximately 4,500 acres of non-native grass fields with native sagebrush habitat. A healthy sagebrush ecosystem in Grand Teton is vital for the diversity and abundance of native plants and wildlife species like elk, bison, moose, pronghorn, and sage grouse that rely on them.
Visitor Injured in Incident with Bear
May 20, 2024 | 5:24 pm
On the afternoon of Sunday, May 19, Teton Interagency Dispatch received a report of a 35-year-old male visitor from Massachusetts who was seriously injured by a bear in the area of the Signal Mountain Summit Road. Grand Teton National Park rangers and Teton County Search and Rescue personnel responded to the scene to provide emergency medical care and air lifted the patient via helicopter to an awaiting ambulance where he was transported to St. John’s Hospital. The patient is in stable condition and is expected to fully recover.
The 2024 bear season is here
April 25, 2024 | 8:38 am
Bears across Jackson Hole are emerging from their winter dens. The first routine grizzly bear sightings of 2024 in Jackson Hole began March 21 on the Bridger-Teton National Forest followed by Grand Teton National Park’s first bear sighting on March 26. The frequency of bear sightings has since increased as the winter snowpack disappears. As bears become active this spring, Bear Wise Jackson Hole partners remind residents and visitors to secure attractants of any kind and be bear aware.