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.
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While you enjoy all that BTNF has to offer, please recreate responsibly. Your actions help preserve this important resource for future generations.
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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.
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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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We couldn't be more proud that our Ambassador Program recently received a Bronze Smokey Bear Award from the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Committee.
In the world of wildfire prevention, there is no greater honor than to receive a Smokey Bear Award. These special awards are given annually to people or organizations that provide outstanding service with significant and sustained program impact in the wildfire prevention arena.
In giving FBT this award, the CFFP wrote: "The ambassador program not only actively extinguishes campfires but also educates millions of [forest] visitors to prevent potential wildfires. Friends of the Bridger-Teton is an invaluable partner to the National Forest and continues to increase wildfire prevention capacity. We hope that this programming will serve as inspiration for other organizations and future wildfire prevention initiatives."
A HUGE thank you and congratulations to all of our hardworking ambassadors, who, collectively, have extinguished more than 1,000 abandoned campfires over the past five years. Any of these could have become a wildfire.
@smokeybear #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #fbtambassadors #wildfireprevention #smokeybearawards smokeybearawards2026
Through our partnership with @AllTrails’ Public Lands Program, we were able to submit important trail updates to all 334 routes on the forest listed on AllTrails. Our combined efforts with BTNF staff ensured greater safety and preparedness for visitors at a time when the government shutdown made resources very limited and information difficult to spread.
Check out the AllTrails 2025 Impact Report (via link in bio) to learn more about our work together and their contributions to the community through award funds to outdoor nonprofits, free resources for trail managers, and initiatives to protect the planet.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #wyominghiking #btnfhiking #windrivermountains
Tricia O'Connor is a Best Friend of the BTNF because it is wild, home to so much wildlife and incredible landscapes, and offers so many recreation opportunities. Read more in this week's Jackson Hole Daily.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #leavenotrace #nationalforests #publiclands publicland
A native of Dubois, Carlie Ideker joined us as Program Manager last month. Carlie has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in anthropology and cultural resources management and, in college, worked seasonally for the Shoshone National Forest.
“My family spent our weekends outside, usually in the Shoshone or Bridger-Teton National Forests, whether we were hunting, backpacking, snowmobiling, horseback riding, or skiing,” she says. “I developed a deep love for these places and a responsibility to take care of them early in my life—a sentiment that I think is true for many Wyomingites.”
While Carlie’s family still lives in Dubois, she and her husband, along with their two dogs, have called Star Valley home since 2020. With the BTNF’s Greys River District out their front door, the couple enjoys doing “anything that gets us outside,” Carlie says.
About her new position she says, “To me, effective programs are relationship-building and a way to bring people together in support of the lands, waterways, wildlife, and heritage of the BTNF."
Two unattended/abandoned campfires have already been found in the North Zone of the BTNF!
As a reminder: To safely put out a campfire, use the "Drown, Stir, Feel" method: pour plenty of water on the fire, stir the ashes and embers with a shovel, and repeat until the site is cool to the touch. Never leave a fire unattended, and ensure all embers, logs, and sticks are extinguished to prevent wildfires.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #drownstirfeel #putyourfireout
We couldn't be more proud that our Ambassador Program recently received a Bronze Smokey Bear Award from the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Committee.
In the world of wildfire prevention, there is no greater honor than to receive a Smokey Bear Award. These special awards are given annually to people or organizations that provide outstanding service with significant and sustained program impact in the wildfire prevention arena.
In giving FBT this award, the CFFP wrote: "The ambassador program not only actively extinguishes campfires but also educates millions of [forest] visitors to prevent potential wildfires. Friends of the Bridger-Teton is an invaluable partner to the National Forest and continues to increase wildfire prevention capacity. We hope that this programming will serve as inspiration for other organizations and future wildfire prevention initiatives."
A HUGE thank you and congratulations to all of our hardworking ambassadors, who, collectively, have extinguished more than 1,000 abandoned campfires over the past five years. Any of these could have become a wildfire.
@smokeybear #bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #fbtambassadors #wildfireprevention #smokeybearawards smokeybearawards2026
Through our partnership with @AllTrails’ Public Lands Program, we were able to submit important trail updates to all 334 routes on the forest listed on AllTrails. Our combined efforts with BTNF staff ensured greater safety and preparedness for visitors at a time when the government shutdown made resources very limited and information difficult to spread.
Check out the AllTrails 2025 Impact Report (via link in bio) to learn more about our work together and their contributions to the community through award funds to outdoor nonprofits, free resources for trail managers, and initiatives to protect the planet.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #wyominghiking #btnfhiking #windrivermountains
Tricia O'Connor is a Best Friend of the BTNF because it is wild, home to so much wildlife and incredible landscapes, and offers so many recreation opportunities. Read more in this week's Jackson Hole Daily.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #leavenotrace #nationalforests #publiclands publicland
A native of Dubois, Carlie Ideker joined us as Program Manager last month. Carlie has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in anthropology and cultural resources management and, in college, worked seasonally for the Shoshone National Forest.
“My family spent our weekends outside, usually in the Shoshone or Bridger-Teton National Forests, whether we were hunting, backpacking, snowmobiling, horseback riding, or skiing,” she says. “I developed a deep love for these places and a responsibility to take care of them early in my life—a sentiment that I think is true for many Wyomingites.”
While Carlie’s family still lives in Dubois, she and her husband, along with their two dogs, have called Star Valley home since 2020. With the BTNF’s Greys River District out their front door, the couple enjoys doing “anything that gets us outside,” Carlie says.
About her new position she says, “To me, effective programs are relationship-building and a way to bring people together in support of the lands, waterways, wildlife, and heritage of the BTNF."
Two unattended/abandoned campfires have already been found in the North Zone of the BTNF!
As a reminder: To safely put out a campfire, use the "Drown, Stir, Feel" method: pour plenty of water on the fire, stir the ashes and embers with a shovel, and repeat until the site is cool to the touch. Never leave a fire unattended, and ensure all embers, logs, and sticks are extinguished to prevent wildfires.
#bridgertetonnationalforest #bridgertetonfriends #drownstirfeel #putyourfireout