Support the volunteers who maintain these trails: Star Valley Ranch Trail Crew!
The Star Valley Ranch Trail Crew is an all Volunteer organization dedicated to improving recreational trails on the Bridger-Teton National Forest and within our community. Our organization started work in 2015 and continues to grow and expand as we start our 10th year of operations. We currently have 87 volunteers who donate 1500 hours annually to build and maintain 12.5 miles of trail and 7 trailheads. Our crews work tirelessly to remove downed trees, add water bars for erosion control, brush, and limb to widen trail access, and improve trail/trailhead signage. In addition, we partner with AllTrails to help verify and improve the information provided on the App for the trails we maintain. Enjoy your hike!
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In partnership with the Wyoming State Trails Program and the U.S. Forest Service, we’re hiring six Winter Snowmobile Trail Ambassadors to support the Winter Motorized Recreation Ambassador Program. These Trail Ambassadors will engage directly with snowmobilers to promote safety, responsible recreation, and sticker compliance with Wyoming State Trails regulations.
This is a seasonal, part-time position focused on education, user contact, and trail stewardship at high-use snowmobile trailheads in the Big Piney, Greys River, and Kemmerer Districts.
The positions run from now until April 15 and pay is $17/hour plus a mileage reimbursement ($.70). The work schedule is Fridays through Sundays. Experience with backcountry or motorized winter recreation and avalanche safety are required.
�To apply, please send the following to monica@btfriends.org:
1. Resume highlighting relevant outdoor, recreation, or public engagement experience;
2. Brief cover letter expressing your interest and availability;
3. Three professional or volunteer references.
Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.
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From the outside it looks like any other vault toilet ....
But inside??
Can you name the trailhead that this vault toilet is at?
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Happy National Cookie Day!
Last summer, our Ambassadors in the Upper Gros Ventre, Ingrid and Dan, perfected baking high-altitude chocolate chip cookies. They estimate they made more than 300 cookies over the summer. Lucky visitors to their post at the Goosewing Guard Station sometimes got fresh cookies! The couple also made fresh scones and loaves of sourdough bread.
Our Ambassadors are important for helping BTNF users recreate responsibly, putting out abandoned campfires, and ensuring campers store their food properly (the BTNF is bear country!), and they also go above and beyond, doing stuff like Ingrid and Dan did.
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This past year we:
* Had more Ambassadors (42) at more locations (23) on more districts (5) than ever before;
* Cleared/logged out 1,179 trees from 134 miles of trails;
* Made connections with more than 10,600 BTNF users;
* Managed more than 40 bear jams;
* Rehabilitated one of the country's most popular wedding sites on public land;
And so mush more!
If you're already a FBT supporter, thank you; if you're looking to participate in Giving Tuesday, help us keep the 5th largest national forest in the U.S. amazing.
AND, you can do this while entering yourself into a raffle for a $1,000 shopping spree, courtesy of @jhchamber. Check out the link in our bio for details in how to participate in Winter Windfall.
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Jeremy Barnum is a Best Friend of the BTNF because it's both Jackson Hole's backyard and the valley's backcountry.
See more in this week's Jackson Hole Daily.
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