Posts Tagged ‘preserve’
21
Aug
Posted by tetontales in Environment, Grand Teton, Melissa's Corner, Uncategorized, Vacations, Wildlife. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, Antelope, beauty, Destination Weddings, Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake Lodge, Mother Nature, Photography, preserve, Pronghorn, protect, Spring, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming. 4 Comments
A common confusion for the guests of Grand Teton National Park is calling a pronghorn an “antelope.” The pronghorn has had to live with this mistake for quite awhile, so I thought I’d help clear this matter up! Fun Fact One: Family Antelope are a member of the Bovidae family, which also includes cows, [...]
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8
Aug
Posted by tetontales in Departments, Grand Teton, Moosin' Around, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, beauty, Bison, Dinner, Environment, Float trip, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Moose, Mother Nature, Photography, preserve, protect, Snake River, Traditions, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming. 1 Comment
Hi everyone! It’s me Colter Moose and today I’m floatin’ the Snake River with the Grand Teton Lodge Company boatmen. These guys get to cruise the river all day long as their job…and I thought I had it good! Anyway, I’ve heard all about the dinner they put together on the banks of the Snake River, so [...]
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24
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Don's Corner, Environment, Grand Teton, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Adventure, cabin, Colter Bay, Colter Bay Village, Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, history, Inspiration, Jackson Lake Lodge, preserve, protect, recycle, Rockefeller, sustain, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. 4 Comments
A Colter Bay Cabin An historic walk through Colter Bay Village with Grand Teton Lodge Company Historian Mary McKinney is a fascinating walk back through time. Listen how the valley began to develop and dude ranches dotted the landscape. Hear how John D. Rockefeller Jr’s vision and generosity assisted in preserving this wonderful landscape. [...]
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16
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Grand Teton, Moosin' Around, Uncategorized. Tagged: Adventure, friends, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Lake Cruise, mascot, Moose, Photography, preserve, protect, recycle, stuffed animal, Wildlife, Wyoming. 1 Comment
We have a new friend at Grand Teton Lodge Company. A fury moose has joined us in the office and he’s quite the explorer. The stuffed guy enjoys hiking, horseback riding, float trips, biking, rock climbing… there really isn’t an activity that he won’t try. He also likes to take time out to relax by [...]
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14
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Don's Corner, Environment, Grand Teton, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, American Revolutionary War, Bartha Moulton, beauty, Blacktail Butte, Clark Moulton, Community, Deed of itle, Environment, Federal Land Surveys, Getaway, Government, Grand Teton Association, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Gros Ventre, Homestead, Homestead Act of 1862, Homesteading, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole Historical Society, John Moulton, Land Ordinance of 1785, Lodgepole Pine, Lucille Moulton, Mormon Row, Mountain Meadow, National Park Service, Photography, preserve, President Abraham Lincoln, protect, Settlers, sustain, Taggart Lake, Thomas Alma, Traditions, Vacations, Wyoming. 5 Comments
“A ranch to the Moulton’s is more that just lands and buildings; it’s the husband, wife, and family all getting together in the field helping each other.” -Clark Moulton, Mormon Row Homesteader, circa 1930s As early as our American Revolutionary War, the distribution of Government lands had created a challenging issue related to [...]
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7
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Don's Corner, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, Arrowleaf Balsamroot, beauty, Colter Bay Village, Environment, Float trip, Geraniums, Getaway, Goatsbeard, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Indian Paintbrush, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Mother Nature, Mountain Meadow, National Park Service, Photography, preserve, Prize, protect, Trivia, Wildflowers, Wyoming, Yellow Salsify. Leave a Comment
While we received many answers for our wildflower photos, Charlotte LaGrone is our winner! Congratulations to Charlotte, who won a float trip for two! Thank you to all who participated. More trivia to come! Wells on Wildflowers The answers revealed: 1. Arrowleaf Balsamroot 2. Sticky Geranium 3. Goatsbeard: Yellow Salsify 4. Indian Paintbrush
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5
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Vacations. Tagged: Adventure, Amoretti Inn, beauty, Environment, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, Lunch Tree Hill, Mother Nature, Mountain Meadow, Mt. Moran, National Park Service, preserve, protect, Rockefeller, sustain, Traditions, Wildlife, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
It started with a view. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. hiked to the top of a small knoll and gazed out upon the sea of willows and towering mountain range stretched across the valley. Elk and moose grazed down below. Clouds drifted by, some bringing thunderstorms, others breezing along. There, Rockefeller ate lunch and took [...]
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29
Jun
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Departments, Environment, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner. Tagged: Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Gros Ventre, Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, National Park Service, preserve, protect, recycle, Recycling Department, Reduce, Reuse, sustain, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
Four sorters, forty trash bags and a bail of cardboard. The day begins for the Grand Teton Lodge Company (GTLC) Recycling Department. “We start out at Jackson Lake Lodge, pick up cardboard from the back dock and the kitchen recycling. The Blue Heron has a bunch of bottles, so we pick up all that,” said Amy Kozlowski, [...]
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25
Jun
Posted by tetontales in Don's Corner, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge. Tagged: Antelope Flats, Arrowleaf Balsam Root, Backcountry, beauty, Camas, Environment, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Region, Heron Pond, Hidden Falls, Inspiration Point, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake Lodge, Larkspur, Lupine, Mother Nature, Mountain Meadow, National Park Service, Oregon Grape, Phelps Lake, Photography, Pilgrim Creek, preserve, protect, Spring, Swan Lake, Taggart, Wildflowers, Wyoming, Yellow Violets. 4 Comments
Nature greets the arrival of spring as enthusiastically as we do, and celebrates it with a festival of color. Even Grand Teton’s sub-zero winters and blinding snowstorms eventually yield to the pink earthly stars of the Spring Beauty, and gigantic yellow flowering Arrowleaf Balsam Root. Soon thereafter Lupine, Camas, Larkspur, Oregon Grape, and Yellow Violets [...]
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