Let's Keep Our Trails Beautiful Together!
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.
Recreate Responsibly
While you enjoy all that BTNF has to offer, please recreate responsibly. Your actions help preserve this important resource for future generations.
Join Us in Our Mission
The U.S. Forest Service alone can’t keep up with all of the maintenance and work the BTNF’s trail network requires. We need everyone to pitch in and partner with us to preserve the forest’s stunning landscapes and resources. Whether it’s through donations, volunteering, or spreading the word—every bit helps.
Support Our Trails Today
The Bridger-Teton National Forest is a special place. A donation to Friends of the Bridger-Teton helps us continue to keep it that for future generations.
Learn more at btfriends.org.
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Check out out 2025 Impact Report. Link in bio.
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Julie Gonzalez, a member of Camina Conmigo's advisory board, is a Best Friend of the BTNF because it's where her life unfolds—foraging for mushrooms, hiking with her husband and dog, and hunting and trail running. Read more in this week's Jackson Hole Daily.
And yes, her dog has a mohawk. "We were trying to figure out how to keep him cool in between grooming appointments. The woes of having a doodle," she says.
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In 2025, the BTNF suppressed 94% of fires during initial attack, keeping them as small as possible. Forest staff and volunteers (including FBT Ambassadors!) successfully extinguished 128 abandoned campfires, ensuring they did not become escaped fires. There were four notable wildfires on the BTNF that were larger and longer duration events: Horse Fire, Burnt Creek Fire, Willow Creek Fire, and Dollar Lake Fire. The fire suppression strategy for all of these fires was full suppression and each met objectives of keeping the fire from burning onto private and/or other jurisdictional lands.
Out of 130 non-fire employees, 105 of them—or 81%—have red cards on the Bridger-Teton. Many of those that do not have red cards still found other ways to assist, like purchasing needed supplies and equipment, supporting the BTNF's interagency fire cache, maintaining roads to access fires safely, or assisting with livestock management.
In addition to putting fires out, Bridger-Teton staff treated 10,000 acres of forested lands to reduce hazardous fuels on the landscape.
Photos USFS.
#1 Dollar Lake Fire
#2 Bridger-Teton Fire staff implement Star Valley Front prescribed burns
Read more about what BTNF staff accomplished in 2025 in the Year in Review link in our bio.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #dollarlakefire #wyomingwildlands
Frank Carus has been director of the BT Avalanche Center since 2021. His job is 50–60 hours a week in winter managing a staff of forecasters, tracking the snowpack out in the field, putting out daily avalanche forecasts for four zones, and maintaining weather stations across his 4,000-square-mile forecast zone.
In summer it's a lot of admin work, repairing weather stations, and occasional wildfire work.
The public can help Frank and the rest of the avalanche forecast team by taking a three-day level 1 avalanche course before starting to ski in the backcountry. This will help you understand the forecasts better, which will help you make safer decisions. Also, the avalanche team appreciates photos and observations from regular skiers out in the backcountry. "Our forecast range is 4,000-square-miles," Frank says.
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The prolonged US Forest Service hiring freeze is ending this Friday, February 20. Nationwide, there are 2,000 positions. The BTNF is hiring up to 27 positions across all 6 Districts.
“Our seasonal employees are the backbone of summer operations—keeping our campgrounds, trails and recreation sites open, safe and welcoming for visitors,” said Acting Forest Supervisor Bekee Hotze. “These positions offer meaningful work, hands-on experience and the chance to support public lands close to home."
Roles include: Recreation and visitor services, Trail and facility maintenance, and Active resource management
“Seasonal jobs can be a first step into a natural resources career, a way to build experience, or simply a chance to spend the summer working outside,” added Hotze. “We encourage anyone interested to apply.”
Apply an learn more via the link in our bio.
APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FOR A 10 DAY PERIOD BEGINNING FRIDAY, FEB 20.
#wilderness #wyoming #wyomingwilderness #forestservice #jobopportunity bridgertetonnationalforest seasonaljobs publiclands
Check out out 2025 Impact Report. Link in bio.
#bridgertetonfriends #bridgertetonnationalforest #fbt2025impactreport #publiclands
Julie Gonzalez, a member of Camina Conmigo's advisory board, is a Best Friend of the BTNF because it's where her life unfolds—foraging for mushrooms, hiking with her husband and dog, and hunting and trail running. Read more in this week's Jackson Hole Daily.
And yes, her dog has a mohawk. "We were trying to figure out how to keep him cool in between grooming appointments. The woes of having a doodle," she says.
#bffofthebtnf #caminaconmigojh @caminaconmigojh #responsiblerecreation #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends @visitjacksonhole bridgertetonavalanchecenter jacksonhole @coombsoutdoors doodlesofinstagram
In 2025, the BTNF suppressed 94% of fires during initial attack, keeping them as small as possible. Forest staff and volunteers (including FBT Ambassadors!) successfully extinguished 128 abandoned campfires, ensuring they did not become escaped fires. There were four notable wildfires on the BTNF that were larger and longer duration events: Horse Fire, Burnt Creek Fire, Willow Creek Fire, and Dollar Lake Fire. The fire suppression strategy for all of these fires was full suppression and each met objectives of keeping the fire from burning onto private and/or other jurisdictional lands.
Out of 130 non-fire employees, 105 of them—or 81%—have red cards on the Bridger-Teton. Many of those that do not have red cards still found other ways to assist, like purchasing needed supplies and equipment, supporting the BTNF's interagency fire cache, maintaining roads to access fires safely, or assisting with livestock management.
In addition to putting fires out, Bridger-Teton staff treated 10,000 acres of forested lands to reduce hazardous fuels on the landscape.
Photos USFS.
#1 Dollar Lake Fire
#2 Bridger-Teton Fire staff implement Star Valley Front prescribed burns
Read more about what BTNF staff accomplished in 2025 in the Year in Review link in our bio.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #dollarlakefire #wyomingwildlands
Frank Carus has been director of the BT Avalanche Center since 2021. His job is 50–60 hours a week in winter managing a staff of forecasters, tracking the snowpack out in the field, putting out daily avalanche forecasts for four zones, and maintaining weather stations across his 4,000-square-mile forecast zone.
In summer it's a lot of admin work, repairing weather stations, and occasional wildfire work.
The public can help Frank and the rest of the avalanche forecast team by taking a three-day level 1 avalanche course before starting to ski in the backcountry. This will help you understand the forecasts better, which will help you make safer decisions. Also, the avalanche team appreciates photos and observations from regular skiers out in the backcountry. "Our forecast range is 4,000-square-miles," Frank says.
@btacavy #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #facesofthebtnf #avalancheawareness #earnyourturns cooljobs publiclands USFSavalanchecenters jacksonhole @visitjacksonhole
The prolonged US Forest Service hiring freeze is ending this Friday, February 20. Nationwide, there are 2,000 positions. The BTNF is hiring up to 27 positions across all 6 Districts.
“Our seasonal employees are the backbone of summer operations—keeping our campgrounds, trails and recreation sites open, safe and welcoming for visitors,” said Acting Forest Supervisor Bekee Hotze. “These positions offer meaningful work, hands-on experience and the chance to support public lands close to home."
Roles include: Recreation and visitor services, Trail and facility maintenance, and Active resource management
“Seasonal jobs can be a first step into a natural resources career, a way to build experience, or simply a chance to spend the summer working outside,” added Hotze. “We encourage anyone interested to apply.”
Apply an learn more via the link in our bio.
APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FOR A 10 DAY PERIOD BEGINNING FRIDAY, FEB 20.
#wilderness #wyoming #wyomingwilderness #forestservice #jobopportunity bridgertetonnationalforest seasonaljobs publiclands