Tina Smiley & Tom Owens
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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Scott Kosiba
“My favorite piece of backpacking equipment that is ‘extra’—not something every backpacker should or would have—is a machete,” Scott says. “I did my doctorate in the Amazon and learned how…
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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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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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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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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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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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Dr. Melanie Armstrong
Melanie Armstrong is the Director of the Ruckelshaus Institute and an Associate Professor in the Haub School of Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming. In these roles she aims…
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