Christina Macintosh

6 days ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Christina Macintosh

The forest surrounding Shadow Mountain could use a little TLC. With conifers encroaching on aspens and lodgepole pine stands plagued by insects and diseases, the Bridger-Teton National Forest has proposed a plan to clean up the forest using prescribed fire, supplemented by tree thinning, over a 10,000-acre area. “You go into some of our aspen stands in the Northern Rockies and they look fairly decadent,” Jackson District Ranger Todd Stiles said.

1 week ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Christina Macintosh

Last August, two high schoolers from the San Francisco Bay Area packed up a rental water pump and headed to Grand Teton National Park to test lakes for microplastics. Felix Ma and Tyler Lin Nichols, 17 and 16, respectively, had done a test run near Lake Tahoe a couple of weeks beforehand, then headed to the Tetons sans adult supervision to hike to lakes and hunt for plastic. “Most of the research on aquatic microplastics has been done in the oceans,” Ma, now 18, said.

1 week ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Christina Macintosh

A Teton County landowner and The Nature Conservancy have tussled for eight years over whether the conservation easement governing two 100-acre parcels of land allows for the construction of a guest house on each. The Wyoming Supreme Court temporarily put the issue to rest in 2020, when it ruled against the landowner, Gary Binning. But the case has moved from state court into federal court. Now, Binning is seeking over $14 million in damages from The Nature Conservancy.

1 week ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Christina Macintosh

In the days leading up to shed hunt openers in Jackson and Pinedale the last two years, researchers Sam Maher and Tyler Kjorstad plastered flyers in gas stations, bars and other businesses seeking antler hunter participation in a research project into hunters’ demographics, motivations and opinions on regulations. After surveying hunters at the Jackson opener in 2023, Kjorstad joined the fray. “I went out and hiked after everyone else had already ran around the hills like hooligans,” he said.

2 weeks ago | jhnewsandguide.com | Christina Macintosh

Former Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik’s nomination to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was narrowly approved on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in a 10-9 party-line vote. Nesvik was nominated in February by President Trump. At an amicable first hearing last month, Democrats offered no hardball questions for Nesvik or indication that they would oppose his nomination.