Restoration
Grand Teton National Park staff will continue habitat restoration projects this summer 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,…
Over $1 million is available to stabilize and restore sections of Shoshone National Forest affected by the historically destructive floods of June 2022. The U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Regional Office announced today that Colorado and Wyoming will receive $40.15 million in disaster relief funds this fiscal year, made possible through the Disaster Supplement of…
Some 50 million bison roaming across the Great Plains once served as the backbone for thriving western economies, before European settlers brought herds to the brink of extinction. Jason Baldes, executive director of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative and an Eastern Shoshone tribal member, is working to bring buffalo back onto tribal lands to roam freely,…
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