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Grand Teton Guide & John D The official newspaper of Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton Guide & John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Summer 2013 (June 10 – September 2) Memorial Parkway Danielle Lehle Welcome to Grand Teton in their budgets in the last half of the fiscal year. In Ocean Lake. See page 3 for more information on spite of these cuts, we will continue to strive to ensure sequestration impacts. National Park visitor safety and protect park resources. Although some facilities and services are not available Whether you watch wildlife, take a scenic drive, hike Please visit the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor this summer, we are committed to helping you make the trails or scale the peaks, this spectacular landscape Center or Colter Bay Visitor Center to better plan life long memories during your visit. Enjoy your time inspires us all. The scenery, wildlife and local culture your time and learn how to keep yourself safe in this spent in the shadow of the Teton Range, be safe, and are timeless, and park staff work hard to protect these wild landscape. The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve please help us preserve the many treasures of Grand resources for you and generations to come. We hope Center, Jenny Lake Visitor Center and Jenny Lake Teton National Park during this and future visits. you enjoy your visit and return often to this and other Ranger Station will remain open this summer thanks national parks. For any return visitors, you will likely to private financial support from park partners and notice some changes this summer. friends. We are very grateful for their support. Mary Gibson Scott Superintendent On March 1st, all federal agencies, including the Closures this summer include: the Flagg Ranch Grand Teton National Park National Park Service, were affected by an action Information Station; all campsites and restrooms along John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway known as sequestration. National parks were directed the Grassy Lake Road; and the roads and restrooms to take an across-the-board five percent reduction for Spalding Bay, Schwabachers Landing and Two Always maintain a distance of at least 100 yards from KEEPING TRACK OF THE bears and wolves, and 25 yards from all other animals. VERNON COLLECTION Never position yourself between an adult and its offspring. Females with young are especially defensive. Let wildlife In 2011, the David T. Vernon Indian thrive undisturbed. If your actions cause an animal to flee, Art Collection, over 1400 items, you are too close. underwent conservation after 40 years on display at the Colter Bay It is illegal to feed wildlife in the park including ground Visitor Center. In 2012, 35 artifacts— squirrels and birds. Feeding wildlife makes them never before on display—returned Danielle Lehle dependent on people and often results in poor nutrition. to their refurbished home. This year, a new exhibit at the Craig Please follow all food storage regulations. Look for bear Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center offers visitors increased LIVING WITH WILDLIFE challenges all of us. Whether boxes at campgrounds and picnic areas. Allowing bears to access to the collection. you visit Grand Teton National Park on vacation or live in obtain human food even once often results in aggressive the valley of Jackson Hole, encountering wildlife in their behavior. The bear becomes a threat to human safety and The artifacts have taken a long journey from past to present. own environment is thrilling and potentially dangerous. must be relocated or killed. Traveling from their original tribal homes, to David T. Vernon’s Chicago home, to Laurance S. Rockefeller in New York City, Observing and photographing wildlife draws many to Whatever brings you to this special place, remember the who later donated the collection to the park, to the Colter Bay this beautiful place; seeking out the smallest calliope spectacular mountains and the diverse wildlife. We hope Indian Arts Museum and on to Tucson for conservation work. hummingbird or the largest grizzly bear. We all share a you will remain connected to this place long after you The journey is not yet finished. One day the entire collection responsibility to protect ourselves and the park’s animals. return home. will return to a new home in Grand Teton National Park. International Visitors Contact Information Contents Des renseignements en Français sont disponibles Grand Teton National Park Website www.nps.gov/grte/ Visitor Centers .......................................... 2 aux centres des visiteurs dans le parc. Grand Teton National Park Facebook www.facebook.com/GrandTetonNPS Campgrounds ........................................... 3 Grand Teton National Park Tweets twitter.com/GrandTetonNPS Go Digital ................................................. 3 EMERGENCY ................................................................................................................. 911 Sie konnen Informationen auf Deutsch in den Safety & Weather ..................................... 4 Park Dispatch ............................................................................................... (307) 739-3301 Besucherzentren bekommen. Bear Aware ............................................... 5 Visitor Information ....................................................................................... (307) 739-3300 Green Team ............................................... 6 Weather ...................................................................................................... (307) 739-3611 Se puede conseguir información en Español en Suggested Activities ........................... 7-11 Road Construction Hotline ........................................................................... (307) 739-3614 el Centro del Visitante. Road Construction ................................. 12 Backcountry & River Information .................................................................. (307) 739-3602 Fire & Park Partners ............................... 13 Climbing Information ................................................................................... (307) 739-3604 Accessibility information available at Services & Facilities ................................. 14 Camping Information ................................................................................... (307) 739-3603 visitor centers and on the Grand Teton Yellowstone ............................................ 15 Web site: http://www.nps.gov/grte. Lost and Found ........................................................................................... (307) 739-3350 Park Map ................................................. 16 TTY/TDD Emergency Calls Only .................................................................... (307) 739-3301 Publication of the Grand Teton Guide made possible through the generous support of the Grand Teton Association. GRAND TETON National Park National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Grand Teton Guide Published By Grand Teton Association, a not-for- profit organization, dedicated to supporting the interpretive, scientific and educational activities of Grand Teton National Park. Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott National Park Editor/Designer Service Director Ann Mattson Horace Albright Park Ranger speaks at the 1929 Grand Teton National Park Address Park designation Grand Teton National Park ceremony. P.O. Drawer 170 Moose, WY 83012 FEW LANDSCAPES IN THE WORLD are settlers. Today, more than 300 historic in the National Park System, Grand Teton as striking and memorable as that of Grand structures remain in the park. preserves a piece of the natural and cultural Phone (307) 739-3300 Teton National Park. Rising abruptly from heritage of America for the benefit and the valley floor, the Tetons offer a testament This spectacular mountain range and enjoyment of future generations. Email to the power and complexity of nature. The the desire to protect it resulted in the [email protected] mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers and skies are establishment of Grand Teton National Park While you are here, take a moment to put home to diverse and abundant plants and in 1929. Through the vision and generous your cares aside, stroll through a sagebrush Web site animals. philanthropy of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., meadow, hike a park trail, sit on a quiet www.nps.gov/grte additional lands were added, creating the lakeshore, and lose yourself to the power of People have been living in the shadow of present day park in 1950. this place. EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ the Teton Range for more than 11,000 years. The National Park Service cares for the The human history of this area is extensive, Grand Teton National Park is truly a special We hope you will be refreshed and restored special places saved by the American beginning with prehistoric American and unique place. With thoughtful use and during your visit, and stay connected to this people so that all may experience our Indians, to the early Euro-American careful management, it can remain so for magnificent landscape long after you have heritage. explorers, and the more recent frontier generations to come. As with other sites returned home. Visitor Centers 2013 Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center Located in Moose, 1/2 mile west of Moose Junction. Open Daily. Open year-round, closed Dec. 25th. Summer hours below. (307) 739-3399. May 1-June 2 8 am to 5 pm June 3-Sept. 2 8 am to 7 pm Sept. 3-Oct. 31 8 am to 5 pm Jenny Lake Visitor Center Located 8 miles north of Moose Junction on the Teton Park Road. Open Daily. (307) 739-3392. June 1-Sept. 23 8 am
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