WyoFile Features FBT Forest Corps

WyoFile Features FBT Forest Corps

How to Dispose of Bear Spray

Everyone knows that carrying bear spray is essential when recreating in bear country. Harder to know is how to dispose of half-used or expired cans. Because bear spray is an…

JHMR Lift Tickets & Lodging Support Stewardship of the BTNF

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has operated on the BTNF for more than 60 years under a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service. Thanks to the Ski Conservation Fund,…

Greys River’s Justin Laycock on the radio

Justin Laycock, Greys River District Ranger, stepped into the SVI Radio studio on Wednesday, August 26. Laycock summarized the current condition of the Fish Creek area south of Smoot, one…

BTNF-FBT Ambassador Randy Roberts Hikes with VP Vance

Public lands are for everyone, including the Vice President. Ambassadors like Randy Roberts help take care of them.

Thank You to Executive Director Scott Kosiba

On behalf of the Friends of Bridger-Teton board, we want to announce that our Executive Director, Scott Kosiba, has resigned to focus on his family and his newborn son.   …

Rain = Relief, but Fire Restrictions Stay

Northwest Wyoming is finally getting some cooler temps and rain, which is great news. But the rain does not mean that the stage 1 fire restrictions are being lifted. An…

Bear Spray: This small can can have a big impact

“She was coming at me, and her mouth was open, and I was able to get my bear spray out of the holster. And I shot it from the ground,…

FBT Forest Corps Is Back—and Clearing the Way

Now in its second season, the nonprofit-funded crew is adding trail-work capacity across the Bridger-Teton—and making room for everyone to get outside. FBT Forest Corps is back for a second…

Toads that smell like peanuts studied on the BTNF

It’s the BTNF’s mammals—moose, grizzly and black bears, pronghorn, elk—that get most of the attention, but a University of Wyoming doctoral student in ecology has spent part of this summer…