tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:40:58 +0000announcementseventsfirerescueroadswildlifeplanningresource mgmtclimbingfatalitylaw enforcementprogramsAlertsaccidentconcessionsconstructionfirespathwaystrailsweatherhttp://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)Blogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-5564124324251203858Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:15:00 +00002011-09-21T11:27:12.721-06:00For park news releases please visit http://www.nps.gov/grte/parknews/newsreleases.htm. Past content is still available in the news release archives on the right and on the park's official website www.nps.gov/grte Please send any feedback to jenny_anzelmo-sarles@nps.gov http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/09/gtnp-news-releases-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles - Public Affairs Specialist - 307.739.3431)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-5022463058039564828Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:21:00 +00002011-08-29T17:43:40.025-06:00firesAugust 29, 2011 11-79 More than 6,700 lightning strikes were recorded Friday, August 26, through early Monday morning, August 29, in Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest and the surrounding area. Numerous strikes ignited at least three new fires in the park and four new fires on the forest. Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received several smoke reports despite rain across http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/lightning-ignites-fires-in-grand-teton.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-754096520168591842Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:03:00 +00002011-08-23T12:11:10.381-06:00roadsPinto Ranch wranglers drive cattle to summer pastures at Elk Ranch on June 11, 2011. August 23, 2011 11-78Motorists may experience a minor travel delay along Highway 26/89/191 between Elk Ranch Flats and Moran Junction on Saturday morning, August 27. The temporary delay will take place between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. to allow for the safe movement of cattle from the Elk Ranch summer pastures http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/late-summer-cattle-drive-to-cause-minor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-4549613356453660894Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:12:00 +00002011-08-22T10:04:20.676-06:00climbingrescueAugust 21, 2011 11-77 In another operation pushing darkness—the second in as many nights—Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued a 25-year-old female who fell about 25 feet while climbing a popular route in Death Canyon called The Snaz. On Saturday, August 20, Lauren McLean from Lake Oswego, Oregon sustained significant injuries when she fell, because her belay system failed, and landed http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/rangers-rescue-injured-climber-from_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-8748376683463423813Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:14:00 +00002011-08-22T14:18:42.468-06:00climbingrescue Rangers used short-haul to rescue stranded climber from Grand Stand area on the 13,770 foot Grand Teton.Fading daylight & North Face of Grand Teton from Teton Interagency helicopter cockpit. August 20, 2011 11-76 Just before dark on Friday August 19, Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued a 28-year-old climber after he became stranded near the top of the Grand Stand belowhttp://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/climber-rescued-from-north-ridge-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles - Public Affairs Specialist - 307.739.3431)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-7766189080194203272Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:57:00 +00002011-08-19T09:58:44.001-06:00roadsAugust 19, 2011 11-75A brief travel closure will be in effect on the unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road within Grand Teton National Park for about 28 hours, beginning at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, August 24. The road is scheduled to reopen by 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 25. The temporary closure is scheduled to accommodate dust abatement work; this is the third application this summer. Road http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/temp-closure-for-moose-wilson-road-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-8256714304835508907Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:49:00 +00002011-08-19T10:05:32.917-06:00fireAugust 19, 201111-74On Thursday, August 18, Teton Interagency fire managers elevated the fire danger rating to “high” for both Bridger-Teton National Forest and Grand Teton National Park. Dry vegetation—combined with seasonable temperatures, low humidity and afternoon winds—has increased the potential for fire activity. When determining fire danger ratings, fire managers use several indices: thehttp://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/fire-danger-rating-elevated-to-high.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-165068924589444150Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:52:00 +00002011-08-18T10:27:25.803-06:00rescueAugust 18, 201111-73 Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued the pilot of an ultralight aircraft Tuesday night, August 16, after he crashed his single seat aircraft between Spearhead Peak and Fox Creek Pass in the southern portion of the Teton Range. James Mauch, 57, of Louisville, Kentucky received only minor injuries during his crash landing. After the accident, Mauch activated a locatorhttp://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/rangers-rescue-ultralight-pilot-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-4669391393530395682Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:19:00 +00002011-08-17T13:37:41.481-06:00fireAugust 17, 2011 11-72 Teton Interagency firefighters suppressed a small fire yesterday afternoon, August 16, near the Colter Bay Tent Village in Grand Teton National Park. The cause of the fire is unknown, although a thunderstorm recently passed through the Colter Bay area. Teton Interagency fire officials received a report about the fire at 3:55 p.m. on Tuesday from staff at the Colter Bay http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/teton-interagency-firefighters-suppress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-9033584724160178663Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:29:00 +00002011-08-17T17:16:13.262-06:00rescueRangers & Teton Interagency Helitak staff conduct a technical lowering operation to rescue injured climber near Nez Perce Peak. August 11, 2011 11-71 Grand Teton National Park rangers performed a 1,200-foot technical lowering operation on the north side of Nez Perce Peak to rescue a 21-year-old climber who fell about 100 feet and suffered injuries that made it impossible for her to hike http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/rangers-rescue-injured-climber-from-nez.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-7910828521131363327Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:35:00 +00002011-08-10T11:43:07.249-06:00fatalityAugust 10, 2011 11-70  With great sadness, Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott announced today that Wilson, Wyoming resident Huntley Baldwin, 72, died while bicycling in Grand Teton National Park on Tuesday, August 9.  Mr. Baldwin was pronounced dead on scene by Dr. Will Smith, the park’s co-medical director, at 11:47 a.m. “I know I speak for all of us in Grand Teton when I say that our http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/local-resident-dies-while-biking-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-6441746707662233907Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:54:00 +00002011-08-09T17:55:11.665-06:00rescueThe Middle Teton, elevation 12,804 feetAugust 9, 201111-69A climber, attempting to scale the Middle Teton, required rescue by Grand Teton National Park rangers on Tuesday, August 9, after sustaining injuries from a fall. Steven Zaleski, 43, of Madison, Wisconsin and two companions were on the approach to the Buckingham Ridge, the southeast ridge of the Middle Teton, when Zaleski pulled off a http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/rangers-rescue-injured-climber-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-4037655426662490656Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:09:00 +00002011-08-08T11:39:09.733-06:00fireAugust 8, 201111-68 Teton Interagency firefighters suppressed a small lightning-caused fire in Grand Teton National Park on Sunday, August 7. The passage of a thunderstorm on Sunday afternoon ignited a single snag fire just south of Signal Mountain, near a small pothole pond called Cow Lake. The Cow Lake Fire was initially reported by a visitor who saw the lightning strike and rising smoke http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/firefighters-suppress-cow-lake-fire-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-6295331074246540210Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:05:00 +00002011-08-08T11:41:42.581-06:00fireAugust 8, 201111-67Teton Interagency fire personnel and Grand Teton National Park natural resource managers are planning a 186-acre prescribed fire for mid to late August, whenever conditions are favorable. The burn unit is part of a 4,057-acre native rangeland restoration project in the Hunter Ranch area of the park. This project involves a multistage effort to convert pasture land back to http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/prescribed-fire-planned-for-hunter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-6829274835283975741Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:23:00 +00002011-08-08T07:28:27.649-06:00rescueAugust 8, 201111-66Grand Teton National Park Rangers with the help of a Teton Interagency contract helicopter performed multiple rescues in Garnet Canyon on Saturday August 6. The first incident was reported to the Jenny Lake Ranger Station at 11 a.m. Saturday. While on scene with the first incident, rangers were notified of another individual just above the Petzolt Caves in Garnet Canyon who http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/rangers-perform-multiple-rescues-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-1507368292135510276Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:47:00 +00002011-08-05T14:51:39.893-06:00announcementsBronze sculpture of bull moose attracts both kids and photographers. August 5, 2011 11-65 Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott is pleased to announce that a bronze sculpture of a mature bull moose was recently donated to the park by two members of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, Steve and Roberta Denning. The statuesque moose stands near the courtyard of the http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/michael-coleman-bronze-sculpture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-8493989728216780252Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:38:00 +00002011-08-04T13:11:34.550-06:00announcementsconcessionsAugust 3, 2011 11-64  The National Park Service (NPS) selected Flagg Ranch Company, an affiliate of the Grand Teton Lodge Company, to provide lodging, food and beverage, campground, retail, service station, and other related visitor services in the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway under concession contract JODR002-11. NPS Intermountain Regional Director John Wessels made the http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/selection-of-new-operator-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-5232842978961852824Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:37:00 +00002011-08-02T16:16:22.534-06:00fatalityrescueValhalla Canyon lies on the northwest flank of the 13,770-foot Grand TetonAugust 2, 2011 11-63 With the assistance of a Teton Interagency contract helicopter, Grand Teton National Park rangers located the body of climber who fell approximately 2,500 feet to his death on the northwest side of the Grand Teton sometime on Sunday, July 31. After searching by foot for nearly seven hours on Monday, http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/rangers-recover-body-of-fallen-climber.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-1775482455287330525Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:45:00 +00002011-07-29T18:26:58.053-06:00rescue Rescuers place injured hiker aboard Air Idaho shipfor a flight to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Teton Interagency contract helicopter lifts off enroute to rescue Haymaker from Middle Teton.July 29, 201111-62Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued a 20-year-old hiker, who took a tumbling 1,200-foot fall just after 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 29 and sustained http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/critically-injured-hiker-rescued-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-2178153565539948179Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:39:00 +00002011-08-02T17:59:27.131-06:00announcementsJuly 29, 201111-61 A series of special presentations that began in June will continue throughout the month of August in the new auditorium at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center. Starting Wednesday, August 3, local residents and park visitors can join a captivating group of speakers to learn about western culture and folk music, climate change and Teton weather, as well as the http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/summer-speaker-series-continues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-4331060356643159562Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:39:00 +00002011-07-27T11:24:34.334-06:00wildlifeBear #610  has twice charged people while they were standing on their car roof. Two small cubs race between cars to follow their mother, who moments before squeezed through parked cars. Bears are often forced to weave through crowded areas with cars and people as they try to cross park roads.July 27, 2011 11-60 Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/grand-teton-national-park-clarifies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-5072923715727169547Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:01:00 +00002011-07-26T10:37:05.937-06:00wildlifeGrizzly bear #610 watches as one of her cubs climbs a tree.Photo by Gary PollockJuly 25, 2011 11-59 Grand Teton National Park biologists report that an interesting turn of events occurred late last week when two female grizzly bears apparently “exchanged” one cub with one another. The two female grizzlies are related (mother and daughter), and have occupied overlapping home ranges since theyhttp://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/rare-grizzly-bear-cub-exchange-observed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-2942192145493110889Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:15:00 +00002011-07-15T08:19:05.202-06:00July 15, 201111-58Grand Teton National Park will host a special lecture by Dr. Ken Barrick titled, “Harrison Crandall: Historic Images from the Personal Archives of the Official Grand Teton National Park Photographer” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20 in the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center auditorium. This program is free and open to the public.Harrison R. Crandall was the first http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/grand-teton-national-park-to-present.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles - Public Affairs Specialist - 307.739.3431)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-6195150752223259641Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:20:00 +00002011-07-08T13:24:46.905-06:00fireJuly 8, 201111-57Grand Teton National Park rangers, with the help of Jackson Hole Fire/EMS, extinguished a sizeable fire in a 30-foot motor coach at the Colter Bay RV Park on the evening of July 7. Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received notification of the fire at 9:30 p.m., and a ranger reached the campsite just two minutes later. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The occupants http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/rangers-extinguish-motor-home-fire-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018139744435980490.post-7606627502903051681Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:21:00 +00002011-07-08T09:21:14.566-06:00roadsJuly 8, 2011 11-56 A brief travel closure will be in effect on the unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road within Grand Teton National Park for about 28 hours, beginning at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, July 13. The road is scheduled to reopen by 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 14, barring equipment malfunction or rainy weather. The temporary closure is scheduled to accommodate dust abatement work; this is the http://gtnpnews.blogspot.com/2011/07/temp-closure-of-moose-wilson-road-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jackie Skaggs - Public Affairs Officer - 307.739.3393)