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.
Let’s do this together!
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Shelley Balls is a Best Friend of the BTNF because the Forest brings so much joy to her life, and to the lives of her family. See more in this week's JH Daily.
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What are you up to this Saturday? It's not too late to hit Teton County Search & Rescue's 11th annual Wyoming Snow & Avalanche Workshop at the Center for the Arts in Jackson. Find more details and register at the link in our bio.
Saturday includes a stellar lineup of speakers to help backcountry users of all levels brush off the summer dirt as we head into another Wyoming winter. (Friday Nov. 14 is tailored to professionals in the field of snow and avalanche safety, but is open to everyone.)
Lunch included on Saturday thanks to Pica’s!
Free beer thanks to Snake River Brew Pub and Roadhouse!
Huge raffle to support TCSAR volunteers thanks to over 25 generous businesses!
Vendor fair with your favorite outdoor brands and nonprofits!
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Linda Merigliano is a Best Friend of the BTNF by planning ahead. Read more in this week's JH Daily.
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�We're looking for artists who love the BTNF to create and donate original works to be included as part of a raffle at the National Museum of Wildlife Art.
The raffle is part of the 2nd Annual Friends of the Bridger-Teton/National Museum of Wildlife Art Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce Mixer. The event, which last year drew more than 200 attendees, is March 26.
We ask artists to submit their intent to create a piece to donate by December 1. Art must be completed by February 1.
For more information, contact Jennifer Ricupero at Jennifer@BTFriends.org or 307-690-0265 (or click the link in our bio).
The image here is a detail from artist Karla Bird's piece that she donated to last year's event.
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A peaceful image to share on Stress Awareness Day.
Not totally related, but neither totally unrelated is our blog post about the joys of exploring, which looks at how getting outside and off the beaten path is good for your brain.
In his 2016 book, “Finding North: How Navigation Makes Us Human,” New York University Professor George Michaelson Foy makes the case that feeling lost and learning how to navigate unknown-to-us areas helps us grow as people and are even essential parts of humanity. Foy goes even further, looking into the potentially damaging effects reliance on GPS and other passivity-inducing devices can have on our brain functions. “Robotic reliance on GPS-type electronic aids, and associated disuse of the navigational centers in our brain, increase our likelihood of contracting neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia, according to researchers such as Veronique Bohbot at McGill (University),” Foy wrote.
Read more in the link in our bio.
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