Grand Teton National Park officials recently tried and failed to get federal aviation officials to crack down on a scenic helicopter tour pilot who promised last year to not overfly the park, but has made a habit of flying low over the federal propertyâs southeastern reaches.
The operator in question, Wind River Air owner Tony Chambers, maintains heâs only flying over the national park when heâs coming into or leaving Jackson Hole Airport â and especially beelining it out when he has sightseeing clients aboard. But Teton Park and the airport have been receiving an earful from community members displeased to be seeing and hearing helicopters over portions of Jackson Hole and the national park that have lacked commercial chopper clatter until now.
Grand Teton National Park rangers got complaints Saturday afternoon about a group of cyclists and roller skaters âplaying loud music and partyingâ and possibly littering on the park road. According to spokeswoman Denise Germann, rangers spoke to the roller disco party crowd and gave people verbal warnings. The road is closed to cars for spring biking, so many residents have been enjoying the warming weather by biking the temporarily car-free roadway.
Police were called Friday night to the Lodge at Jackson Hole to break up what callers said was a noisy âfrat partyâ going on at the hotel. Officers ended up citing 13 college students for being minors under the influence. They arrested two other teenagers for underage drinking and possession, Jackson Police Sgt. Russ Ruschill said. Officers presumed the teens were in Jackson for spring break and also confiscated some marijuana and paraphernalia.
Aggressive efforts to hunt the Teton Rangeâs nonnative mountain goat population out of existence are having the desired effect: As few as 29 animals remain.
That count of the sure-footed, white-coated animals was the result of a two-day Wyoming Game and Fish Department aerial Teton Range survey that also found 90 native bighorn sheep, the species thatâs supposed to benefit from the goat eradication effort.
âI was happy we counted 90 sheep,â Game and Fish Jackson Region wildlife biologist Aly Courtemanch said. âThat shows that the herd is hanging on, but I still have concerns about that bighorn sheep population.â
All of the 29 exotic goats Courtemanch found were in Grand Teton National Park, and there were just four kids she was able to tally. The count suggests that the population of the exotic goats is definitely on the downswing, which is expected following two straight years of intensive hunting and volunteer culling both inside and outside of the
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) As few as 29 nonnative mountain goats remain in Teton Range in Wyoming after aggressive efforts to hunt the animals out of existence, wildlife officials said. The.
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