Posts Tagged ‘sustain’
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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18
Jul
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, Colter Bay Village, Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Grizzly, Inspiration, Jackson Lake Lodge, Kids in Nature, Moose, Mother Nature, Mt. Moran, National Park Foundation, National Park Service, sustain, Traditions, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
Each year the National Park Foundation sponsors the Junior Ranger Essay Contest. The focus is to ask kids their ideas about how to protect and preserve the national parks. In 2009, the essay contest question was “Why are our national parks important to you and what is your best idea to protect our parks for [...]
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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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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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15
Jun
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Departments, Environment, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Uncategorized, Yummy Recipes. Tagged: Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake Lodge, sustain, Wyoming. Leave a Comment
John Clover comes into work at 4am. As Pastry Chef at GTLC, Clover has an important responsibility: to create delicious baked treats. The bakery produces a huge quantity of goods for Jackson Lake Lodge, Colter Bay Village and Jenny Lake Lodge. “The goal is to be a scratch kitchen,” says Clover. The bakery makes [...]
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23
May
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Meetings, Uncategorized, Vacations. Tagged: Chuckwagon, Colter Bay Village, Environment, Envision, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Green, Guestroom, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Mother Nature, Mt. Moran, National Park Service, preserve, Ranch House, recycle, Renovation, sustain, Vacations, Wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. 2 Comments
With sustainability in mind, Grand Teton Lodge Company completed major renovations this year. $5.4 million in projects included guestrooms at Jackson Lake Lodge, guestroom baths at Jenny Lake Lodge, and a complete transformation of the former Chuckwagon restaurant at Colter Bay Village. Each project strived to be environmentally friendly and put GTLC’s green practices [...]
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19
May
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Uncategorized, Vacations, Wildlife. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, beauty, clean-up, Colter Bay, Conservation, Discount, Environment, Explore, Getaway, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake, Jackson Lake Lodge, Leadership, Mother Nature, Mt. Moran, National Park Service, preserve, protect, recycle, Rockefeller, sustain, Vacations, volunteer, Wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. Leave a Comment
Not one to sit around on a vacation? Looking for something a little more exciting than a facial? Grand Teton Lodge Company (GTLC) is hosting an opportunity to give back while getting away. The Conservation Vacation volunteer package provides guests with the chance to explore and enjoy the magnificence of Grand Teton National Park [...]
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12
May
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Departments, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Uncategorized, Vacations, Wildlife. Tagged: Activities, Adventure, Bison, Campfire, Camping, Coloring Book, Colter Bay Village, Discover, Environment, Family, Float trip, Fun, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake Lodge, Junior Ranger, Kids, Lake Cruise, Leave No Trace, Mother Nature, National Park Service, Photography, preserve, protect, Ranger Talks, recycle, Snake River, sustain, Traditions, Vacations, Wildlife, Wildwalk Field Guide, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. 1 Comment
For kids, Grand Teton National Park can be a pretty exciting place to explore. From their first Snake River float trip to seeing a 2400 pound bison, there are endless experiences to be shared. Wildwalk Field Guide is a program that GTLC developed for families to discover the unique nature that surrounds us in the [...]
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4
May
Posted by tetontales in Colter Bay, Departments, Environment, Grand Teton, Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Katie's Corner, Uncategorized, Wildlife. Tagged: beauty, clean-up, endangered, Environment, Grand Teton Lodge Company, Grand Teton National Park, Hospitality, Inspiration, Jackson Hole, Jackson Lake Lodge, maintenance, Mother Nature, preserve, protect, recycle, sustain, Traditions, volunteer, Wildlife, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park. Leave a Comment
From socks to bottles to ball point pens, Grand Teton National Park’s Annual Park Clean-up Day strives to remove discarded “treasures” from the roadside. Service and Grand Teton Association (GTA) employees participate, as well as many of the Park concessioners, including Grand Teton Lodge Company (GTLC), Signal Mountain Lodge, Triangle X Ranch, and Flagg [...]
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