HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR HUMMINGBIRDS?

June 25, 2020

Many of us have spent a lot of time laying low over the past few months. But, one little creature has done anything but sit still. Weighing less than an ounce and just three to four inches in length, hummingbirds migrate sometimes thousands of miles across North America each spring, surfing a wave of blooming wildflowers on their journey north.

MOrgan’s Nature Notebook - Episode 1 - Tour De Cache Creek

June 1, 2020

BIG NEWS! Our new video series, called Morgan's Nature Notebook, will explore wildlife, native plants, phenology, and natural history of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. In episode 1, Morgan Graham invites you to join him for a hike up Cache Creek.

Tick - Talk

May 15, 2020

If you’re anything like us, you’ve been savoring the opportunity to get out and scout for trout, meander for antlers, scour for flowers, prowl for owls, and eye fungi. As we wander far afield, we’ve been reacquainted with a far less desirable member of the natural world…ticks!! In a single day searching for sheds, our Associate Director, Carlin, recently found no less than a dozen ticks on his person. Well, what’s a body to do?

VICTORY GARDENS

April 14, 2020

Just over a hundred years ago, amidst the 1918 influenza pandemic and World War I, the “victory garden” was born. Twenty years later, during World War II, the U.S. government again rallied Americans to plant victory gardens to help alleviate food shortages and supplement rations. An estimated 20 million victory gardens were planted in backyards, on rooftops, and community green spaces across America.

WHAT IS WINTER RANGE?

March 23, 2020

Morgan Graham, Teton Conservation District’s GIS & Wildlife Specialist, started counting mule deer when he moved to Jackson in 2006. Since then, he has observed more than 3,650 deer over a series of 450 observations.

ANIMAL FRIENDS: A VALENTINE’S DAY STORY OF INTERSPECIES FRIENDSHIPS

February 13, 2020

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re highlighting a special kind of friendship: interspecies friendships. Read on to learn about badgers and coyotes, moose and magpies, and Clark’s nutcrackers and whitebark pine.

GOT WATER? DISCOVER THE SURFACE WATER INVENTORY(SWI)

January 29, 2020

For the first time ever, you can look at a map of all the water in Teton County, Wyoming. Known as the Surface Water Inventory (SWI), the new map leverages all existing hydrographic data to accurately describe the name, location, and water rights associated with surface water in Teton County.

2017 E. coli sampling triggers regulatory actions on Fish Creek and Flat Creek

January 24, 2020

As a local governmental entity that in part focuses on water quality, Teton Conservation District is providing the following blog post to give context and further detail on the recent addition of Fish Creek and Flat Creek to the Draft Wyoming Impaired Stream List due to E. coli exceedances.

MULE DEER MIGRATIONS FROM THE RED DESERT TO THE TETONS

December 27, 2019

Why do some mule deer migrate more than 150 miles annually while others migrate less than 30? Anna Ortega, a PhD student at the University of Wyoming, is studying the diversity of migratory strategies in a mule deer herd sharing a common winter range in the Red Desert of south-central Wyoming.

CELEBRATING THE NEXT GENERATION’S HARVEST

November 27, 2019

This time of the year is all about celebrating the harvest. Here at Teton Conservation District, we’re celebrating a Slow Food in the Tetons program that empowers 3rd through 8th graders to grow their own gardens and cook for themselves and their family using sustainable, seasonal, non-processed, and nutrient-dense ingredients.

Playground to table

October 24, 2019

Though snowflakes are flying down in the valley, a greenhouse in Rafter J is grasping for the last bits of the growing season. When you open the door to the Children’s Learning Center (CLC) greenhouse, the smell of soil and herbs is reminiscent of sunnier days.

REPORTING FROM THE RANGE

September 23, 2019

Teton Conservation District and Y2 Consultants are embarking on a two-year project to improve knowledge of the rangelands in Teton County. As a part of this project, we will establish new trend monitoring sites in both riparian and upland areas and collect vegetation and soils data at long-term monitoring sites, allowing for trends in plant community composition to be recorded.

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