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Friends of the Bridger-Teton helps maintain and support more than 2,000 miles of trails on the fifth-largest national forest in the U.S. With 3.4 million acres of breathtaking landscapes, the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) offers endless adventures.
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Meet Mike Johnson, Greys River District, Moose Flat Campground
Second-year Ambassador Mike Johnson started coming up to the Greys River in 1988. “I camped up here with a friend that year and we were so enamored with it that we said we’d come up every year,” Mike says. “I also started bringing my kids and eventually grandkids. It’s become a family tradition every year.”
Retired from working for the city of Orem, Utah for 25 years in 2004 and from the private sector in 2023, Mike has volunteered for city and state lands for years. Last year was his first time volunteering on federal lands. He was happy to get posted to Moose Flats because that was an area he had often camped with his family. “It’s a place that has been a connection for me for most of my life,” he says. “It’s a beautiful valley and remote enough that you don’t have your cell phone and you can just get away.”
Because the Greys River area, which is the busiest spot of the BTNF’s Greys River Ranger District, is so important to him, Mike spends the time talking to and, when needed, helping educate Moose Flats campers, whether he’s on duty or off. “Even when I’m not on, I try to wear my volunteer hat whenever I can,” he says. “When I’m out ATVing or hiking, or fishing—I am an example of how to recreate responsibly on the BTNF.”
Mike is at Moose Flats with his cat, Moji. He got her just before his first summer as an Ambassador and Moji surprised him by giving birth to a litter of five kittens in early August. “She’s a fun camping buddy, but still doesn’t like driving in the car.”
Fun Fact: One of his grand-daughters is named Lucy Grey, after the Greys River.
A huge thanks to the Alpine Travel & Tourism Board for supporting our Greys River Road Ambassadors!
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Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, Mike Greer first heard about firefighting for the Forest Service from a family friend. It sounded interesting, so he applied. Mike landed his first firefighting gig in 2006, for the Bridger-Teton National Forest based out of Big Piney, Wyoming. He is now a BTNF Fire Engine Captain and estimates he’s been on between 400-500 fires in nearly every state. “Every fire is different, each with its own obstacles, and I just enjoy dealing with it as boots on the ground,” he says.
The public can help Mike do his job by practicing campfire safety. Make sure to check to see if there are any current fire restrictions on the BTNF. If you don’t know how to put out a fire, you should not have a campfire. Have at least five gallons of water and a shovel to extinguish your campfire: First douse the campfire with water. Then, stir it. Put your hand over it to feel it. Repeat these steps until the all of the heat is gone.
Learn more about what Mike does as a BTNF Fire Engine Captain in this week's Jackson Hole Daily.
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Greys River Road is one of the most popular car camping areas on the BTNF. Note that it is the Greys River District, not the Grey’s River District. Even though Grey’s River would be correct since the river takes its name from John Grey, who may have been mixed race Iroquois and Scottish, and trapped beaver in this area in the early 19th century. Grey is remembered in history (“history” being a road sign along Idaho Highway 362 in Caribou County) as a famed fighter of grizzly bears and also a skilled intermediary between whites and Native Americans.
Quick look: 438,883 acres in size; district ranger is Justin Laycock; the tallest peak in the district is Mt. Fitzpatrick Peak in the Salt River Range (10,912 feet)
Fun Fact: Yellowstone National Park has thousands of thermal features, but the Greys River District is home to North America's only cold water geyser, the Periodic Spring. This spring is also unique because it is the world's largest of the three known fluctuation springs. It usually goes dormant from around the end of May into August (the spring doesn’t work when run-off is high).
Teton Pass & Mosquito Creek Ambassadors
Leslie and Kipp Frohlich, who are first-time volunteer FBT Ambassadors in the summer of 2025, first visited the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem on a family vacation to Yellowstone and the Tetons in 2001. Their second time here was for the wedding of their nephew, who got married at Grand Targhee in 2009 and lives in Victor. “And we are fortunate that our son, Eric, now lives in Jackson,” they say. “One of the reasons volunteering appealed to us was that we wanted to stay longer than a week at a time. Our daughter lives in Alaska with our two grandchildren so we have visited there numerous times since retirement. But this summer we wanted to spend several months in the Tetons to really get to know the area.”
“Before we retired, we always thought that volunteering like this—if we got the right kind of camper—was something we’d be interested in,” the couple says. Kipp worked for 35 years in the wildlife conservation field. “I worked on things like endangered species protection and living safely with bears as part of my job with the State of Florida,” he says. Leslie was a teacher. “I taught kindergarten, first, second, and third grades, but most of my career was teaching kindergarten,” she says.
When not on duty for FBT, the couple hope to hike and get out on Jackson Lake or Yellowstone Lake with Eric and his fiancé Madi in their boat.
Fun fact: Kipp & Leslie are high school sweethearts who were in the same homeroom in high school and in choir together. They bought their first matching sleeping bags for each other while attending college and have not stopped camping since. They will celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary this August while volunteering.
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Meet Mike Johnson, Greys River District, Moose Flat Campground
Second-year Ambassador Mike Johnson started coming up to the Greys River in 1988. “I camped up here with a friend that year and we were so enamored with it that we said we’d come up every year,” Mike says. “I also started bringing my kids and eventually grandkids. It’s become a family tradition every year.”
Retired from working for the city of Orem, Utah for 25 years in 2004 and from the private sector in 2023, Mike has volunteered for city and state lands for years. Last year was his first time volunteering on federal lands. He was happy to get posted to Moose Flats because that was an area he had often camped with his family. “It’s a place that has been a connection for me for most of my life,” he says. “It’s a beautiful valley and remote enough that you don’t have your cell phone and you can just get away.”
Because the Greys River area, which is the busiest spot of the BTNF’s Greys River Ranger District, is so important to him, Mike spends the time talking to and, when needed, helping educate Moose Flats campers, whether he’s on duty or off. “Even when I’m not on, I try to wear my volunteer hat whenever I can,” he says. “When I’m out ATVing or hiking, or fishing—I am an example of how to recreate responsibly on the BTNF.”
Mike is at Moose Flats with his cat, Moji. He got her just before his first summer as an Ambassador and Moji surprised him by giving birth to a litter of five kittens in early August. “She’s a fun camping buddy, but still doesn’t like driving in the car.”
Fun Fact: One of his grand-daughters is named Lucy Grey, after the Greys River.
A huge thanks to the Alpine Travel & Tourism Board for supporting our Greys River Road Ambassadors!
#ambassadorsforresponsiblerecreation #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #greysriver #volunteergov #publiclandsvolunteer
Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, Mike Greer first heard about firefighting for the Forest Service from a family friend. It sounded interesting, so he applied. Mike landed his first firefighting gig in 2006, for the Bridger-Teton National Forest based out of Big Piney, Wyoming. He is now a BTNF Fire Engine Captain and estimates he’s been on between 400-500 fires in nearly every state. “Every fire is different, each with its own obstacles, and I just enjoy dealing with it as boots on the ground,” he says.
The public can help Mike do his job by practicing campfire safety. Make sure to check to see if there are any current fire restrictions on the BTNF. If you don’t know how to put out a fire, you should not have a campfire. Have at least five gallons of water and a shovel to extinguish your campfire: First douse the campfire with water. Then, stir it. Put your hand over it to feel it. Repeat these steps until the all of the heat is gone.
Learn more about what Mike does as a BTNF Fire Engine Captain in this week's Jackson Hole Daily.
#facesofthebtnf #bridgertetonfriends #fireenginecaptain #wildlandfirefighting #bridgertetonnationalforest #nationalforest #publiclands #nationalforestjobs #publiclandsjobs #tetoninteragencyfire
📷 @davidmrule
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #publiclands #nationalforest #nationalforests #independenceday #squaretopmountain #squaretop #wyomingwildlands #wildlands
Greys River Road is one of the most popular car camping areas on the BTNF. Note that it is the Greys River District, not the Grey’s River District. Even though Grey’s River would be correct since the river takes its name from John Grey, who may have been mixed race Iroquois and Scottish, and trapped beaver in this area in the early 19th century. Grey is remembered in history (“history” being a road sign along Idaho Highway 362 in Caribou County) as a famed fighter of grizzly bears and also a skilled intermediary between whites and Native Americans.
Quick look: 438,883 acres in size; district ranger is Justin Laycock; the tallest peak in the district is Mt. Fitzpatrick Peak in the Salt River Range (10,912 feet)
Fun Fact: Yellowstone National Park has thousands of thermal features, but the Greys River District is home to North America's only cold water geyser, the Periodic Spring. This spring is also unique because it is the world's largest of the three known fluctuation springs. It usually goes dormant from around the end of May into August (the spring doesn’t work when run-off is high).
Teton Pass & Mosquito Creek Ambassadors
Leslie and Kipp Frohlich, who are first-time volunteer FBT Ambassadors in the summer of 2025, first visited the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem on a family vacation to Yellowstone and the Tetons in 2001. Their second time here was for the wedding of their nephew, who got married at Grand Targhee in 2009 and lives in Victor. “And we are fortunate that our son, Eric, now lives in Jackson,” they say. “One of the reasons volunteering appealed to us was that we wanted to stay longer than a week at a time. Our daughter lives in Alaska with our two grandchildren so we have visited there numerous times since retirement. But this summer we wanted to spend several months in the Tetons to really get to know the area.”
“Before we retired, we always thought that volunteering like this—if we got the right kind of camper—was something we’d be interested in,” the couple says. Kipp worked for 35 years in the wildlife conservation field. “I worked on things like endangered species protection and living safely with bears as part of my job with the State of Florida,” he says. Leslie was a teacher. “I taught kindergarten, first, second, and third grades, but most of my career was teaching kindergarten,” she says.
When not on duty for FBT, the couple hope to hike and get out on Jackson Lake or Yellowstone Lake with Eric and his fiancé Madi in their boat.
Fun fact: Kipp & Leslie are high school sweethearts who were in the same homeroom in high school and in choir together. They bought their first matching sleeping bags for each other while attending college and have not stopped camping since. They will celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary this August while volunteering.
#ambassadorsforresponsiblerecreation #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #publiclands #nationalforest #nationalforests #visitjacksonhole @visitjacksonhole #publicland #jacksonhole