Ambassador
Alissa Kerry-Stump
Meet Alissa Kerry-Stump, Jackson District Wildlife Ambassador “It is a passion of mine to be outdoors with the sights and sounds of wildlife in its natural habitat,” says FBT wildlife…
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Sue Bertsch & Art Bunting
Sue Bertsch & Art Bunting, Jackson District, Front Desk/Visitor Information/Roving “I like to do something fun and interesting every summer and like to stay in beautiful places,” says Art Bunting….
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Julia Blanco
Jackson District, Shadow Mountain Julia Blanco started as an BTNF-FBT Ambassador on Shadow Mountain in 2023 with her partner. The couple took 2024 off to get married. They were back…
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Tina Smiley & Tom Owens
Meet Tom Owens & Tina Smiley, Blackrock District, Toppings & Spread Creek Ambassadors 2026 is Tom Owens’s third summer as a camping ambassador at Toppings and Spread Creek. While his…
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Ron Rappaport
Meet Ron Rappaport, Jackson District, Lower Gros Ventre Ron has been an Ambassador enough years that he has lost count. “Summer 2026 will be the sixth or seventh year,” he…
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Mike Johnson
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…
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Jack Robertson
Greys River District, Cottonwood Campground Jack Robertson volunteered for FBT and the BTNF for the first time in summer 2025, says he tries to devote three months of every year…
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Gayle & Bob Caston
Jackson Ranger District, Visitor Information/Front Desk Gayle and Bob Caston did their first stint as volunteer Ambassadors on the Bridger-Teton National Forest the summer of 2025. “We’re eagerly returning to…
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Dave Weldon
Wildlife Ambassador, Blackrock District “I love wilderness and wildlife,” says Dave Weldon, who grew up backpacking, fishing, dirt biking, and skiing in Mammoth Lakes, California, in the Sierra Mountains, and…
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Gene Palos
“I just really love doing this job,” says Gene Palos, who has been the Blackrock District Volunteer Wildlife Ambassador since August, 2021. “I was in law enforcement for 30+ years…
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