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Linda Merigliano

Linda Merigliano recently retired from 45 years of working for the U.S. Forest Service and didn’t hesitate when asked to join the Friends of the Bridger-Teton Board. Since she was…

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Karla Bird

Karla Bird first moved to Wyoming in 1984, when she spent three years in Rock Springs working for the Bureau of Land Management. Then her job took her to California….

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Lisa Franzen, Co-Secretary

About 20 years ago, Lisa Franzen visited Jackson Hole for the first time; she was on a ski trip to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. “I had no idea back then…

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Kathy Gross

Kathy Gross was nine-years-old the first time she backpacked in the Wind River Mountains. She was with her parents, three siblings, and the family dog. She doesn’t remember the details…

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Marshall Durston

“The Bridger-Teton National Forest staff are so passionate about their jobs and the public land that they are charged with stewarding for a diversity of uses. They have so many…

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Chuck Butterfield

Board member Chuck Butterfield grew up hunting, fishing, and camping on the west side of the Bighorn National Forest, in north central Wyoming. After graduating from the University of Wyoming…

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Tim Gardiner, Vice President

Meet FBT Board Member Tim Gardiner Tim Gardiner’s work had him living in Canada, Switzerland, Singapore, England, and New York City, and when he and his wife Nancy were able…

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Marc Domsky

Recently retired from a career as an anesthesiologist, Marc Domsky joined the Friends board in early 2025. “I’m a big BTNF user—I’m a dog person and am on it every…

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Ian MacLeod, Treasurer

When board member Ian MacLeod and his wife Paige first visited Jackson Hole, “We knew about Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, but we didn’t know as much about the…

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Sharon Smitherman

“The BTNF belongs to the public, but often the average citizen just doesn’t know what they should have with them. You can hike in flip-flops, but that doesn’t make it…

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We acknowledge with respect that our facilities are situated on the aboriginal land of the Shoshone Bannock. Eastern Shoshone. Northern Arapaho. Crow. Assiniboine. Sioux. Gros Ventre. Nez Perce.

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