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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UW Extension’s fourth webinar on wildfire is tonight. The subject is a case study of the response to 2024 Elk Fire, which burned 98,000+ acres in the Bighorn National Forest.
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Register and find recordings of prior webinars at the link in our bio.
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@uwyoextension #wildfireinfo #wildfiremanagement
Migration tracking is back! 🦌 Deer 665 departed winter range on April 9th to begin her spring 2026 migration. She covered about 67 miles in the first week, crossing a highway and four creeks. Deer 665 was born in June 2021; this is her 10th migration connecting the Red Desert and the Tetons and passing through the BTNF. The Wyoming Migration Initiative shows her journey through weekly updates.
This year, Deer 665 started migration nearly a month earlier than last year. This could be due to the very mild winter. Leaving Superior, she passed South Table Mountain on April 10th, and the Killpecker Sand Dunes and Steamboat Mountain by April 11.
Deer 665 made it to Jack Morrow Creek by April 12, and crossed WY 28 by the end of that day. At 16 miles, this was her longest-distance day for week 1 of her migration. WY 28 is the first of three highway crossings along her migration.
Deer 665 moved at a slower pace April 13, traveling about eight miles to reach the Prospect Mountains. April 14 she crossed Little Sandy Creek and Big Sandy River and traversed along the foothills of the Winds.
By April 16, she had crossed Muddy Creek, wrapping up 67 miles of migration for her first week of migration.
Deer 665 spent all winter near Superior, Wyoming, sometimes coming within 300 feet of its town hall.
The WMI team captured Deer 665 near Superior on December 7, 2025 and March 11, 2026 for health checkups. In December she weighed 165.4 pounds with 11.3 percent body fat.
In March she was 161.4 pounds and 6.6 percent body fat.
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Deer 665 is pregnant with twins and is in good shape to successfully give birth at the end of her migration.
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This is the first in MWI’s series of spring 2026 migration updates for Deer 665. Will she stopover to browse on emerging plants along the Winds, or continue her rapid pace? Follow them in the link in our bio to see weekly updates.
#fridayfun
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We learned a couple of random things this morning:
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1. May is Zombie Awareness Month.
2. With its low population density and rugged landscape, Wyoming is the best state to survive a zombie apocalypse (according to a new study, which you can see in the link in our bio).
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This study’s Zombie Apocalypse Survival Index scores 64 North American locations across four pillars: how vulnerable a population is to rapid zombie spread, how well-armed and defended it is, how well-stocked it would be for a long siege, and how physically capable its residents are of, well, running. Each pillar is scored from 0 to 100, combined into a final index, and converted into survival odds based on a 5% global base rate scaled against the index. The average location comes in at around 5%.
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Wyoming offers the best survival odds on the continent at 7.09%, scoring highest on firearms and low vulnerability, making it the best-placed location to ride out the undead.
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If the study had factored in the amount of public lands (like the BTNF), we bet Wyoming would have scored even higher.
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Here’s hoping the undead would be good stewards of the BTNF.
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Zombies were added to this actual image of the ridge above the BTNF’s Palmer Creek using AI.
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#zombieawarenessmonth #wyomingzombies #publiclands #zombieapocalypse
UW Extension’s third webinar on wildfire is tonight. The subject is reducing the risk of wildfire to your home.
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These webinars offer both practical knowledge and specialist perspectives, and actionable steps to help Wyoming communities better understand wildfire risks.
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Register and find recordings of prior webinars at the link in our bio.
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@uwyoextension #wildfireinfo #wildfiremanagement
As of Tuesday morning, the lightning-caused Spread Creek Fire near Togwotee Pass on the BTNF’s Blackrock District was estimated at 257-acres and 100% contained.
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Firefighting resources include one type 3 helicopter, infrared-capable UAS, four interagency hotshot crews, one type 2 initial attack crew, one type 3 engine, three type 6 engines, two suppression crews and additional support resources.
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Shown here are the Bridger Aerospace Super Scoopers, specialized firefighting aircraft from Montana. They arrived at @jhairport Thursday.
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Each plane can collect up to 1,412 gallons of water from nearby lakes or rivers and deliver low-altitude drops directly onto active fire zones.
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Approximately 164 personnel were assigned to the fire.
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#tetoninteragencyfire #jhairport #bridgertetonnationalforest #blackrockdistrict #spreadcreekfire wildfiresafety
UW Extension’s fourth webinar on wildfire is tonight. The subject is a case study of the response to 2024 Elk Fire, which burned 98,000+ acres in the Bighorn National Forest.
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Register and find recordings of prior webinars at the link in our bio.
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@uwyoextension #wildfireinfo #wildfiremanagement
Migration tracking is back! 🦌 Deer 665 departed winter range on April 9th to begin her spring 2026 migration. She covered about 67 miles in the first week, crossing a highway and four creeks. Deer 665 was born in June 2021; this is her 10th migration connecting the Red Desert and the Tetons and passing through the BTNF. The Wyoming Migration Initiative shows her journey through weekly updates.
This year, Deer 665 started migration nearly a month earlier than last year. This could be due to the very mild winter. Leaving Superior, she passed South Table Mountain on April 10th, and the Killpecker Sand Dunes and Steamboat Mountain by April 11.
Deer 665 made it to Jack Morrow Creek by April 12, and crossed WY 28 by the end of that day. At 16 miles, this was her longest-distance day for week 1 of her migration. WY 28 is the first of three highway crossings along her migration.
Deer 665 moved at a slower pace April 13, traveling about eight miles to reach the Prospect Mountains. April 14 she crossed Little Sandy Creek and Big Sandy River and traversed along the foothills of the Winds.
By April 16, she had crossed Muddy Creek, wrapping up 67 miles of migration for her first week of migration.
Deer 665 spent all winter near Superior, Wyoming, sometimes coming within 300 feet of its town hall.
The WMI team captured Deer 665 near Superior on December 7, 2025 and March 11, 2026 for health checkups. In December she weighed 165.4 pounds with 11.3 percent body fat.
In March she was 161.4 pounds and 6.6 percent body fat.
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Deer 665 is pregnant with twins and is in good shape to successfully give birth at the end of her migration.
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This is the first in MWI’s series of spring 2026 migration updates for Deer 665. Will she stopover to browse on emerging plants along the Winds, or continue her rapid pace? Follow them in the link in our bio to see weekly updates.
#fridayfun
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We learned a couple of random things this morning:
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1. May is Zombie Awareness Month.
2. With its low population density and rugged landscape, Wyoming is the best state to survive a zombie apocalypse (according to a new study, which you can see in the link in our bio).
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This study’s Zombie Apocalypse Survival Index scores 64 North American locations across four pillars: how vulnerable a population is to rapid zombie spread, how well-armed and defended it is, how well-stocked it would be for a long siege, and how physically capable its residents are of, well, running. Each pillar is scored from 0 to 100, combined into a final index, and converted into survival odds based on a 5% global base rate scaled against the index. The average location comes in at around 5%.
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Wyoming offers the best survival odds on the continent at 7.09%, scoring highest on firearms and low vulnerability, making it the best-placed location to ride out the undead.
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If the study had factored in the amount of public lands (like the BTNF), we bet Wyoming would have scored even higher.
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Here’s hoping the undead would be good stewards of the BTNF.
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Zombies were added to this actual image of the ridge above the BTNF’s Palmer Creek using AI.
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#zombieawarenessmonth #wyomingzombies #publiclands #zombieapocalypse
UW Extension’s third webinar on wildfire is tonight. The subject is reducing the risk of wildfire to your home.
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These webinars offer both practical knowledge and specialist perspectives, and actionable steps to help Wyoming communities better understand wildfire risks.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Register and find recordings of prior webinars at the link in our bio.
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@uwyoextension #wildfireinfo #wildfiremanagement
As of Tuesday morning, the lightning-caused Spread Creek Fire near Togwotee Pass on the BTNF’s Blackrock District was estimated at 257-acres and 100% contained.
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Firefighting resources include one type 3 helicopter, infrared-capable UAS, four interagency hotshot crews, one type 2 initial attack crew, one type 3 engine, three type 6 engines, two suppression crews and additional support resources.
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Shown here are the Bridger Aerospace Super Scoopers, specialized firefighting aircraft from Montana. They arrived at @jhairport Thursday.
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Each plane can collect up to 1,412 gallons of water from nearby lakes or rivers and deliver low-altitude drops directly onto active fire zones.
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Approximately 164 personnel were assigned to the fire.
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#tetoninteragencyfire #jhairport #bridgertetonnationalforest #blackrockdistrict #spreadcreekfire wildfiresafety