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NEWS FROM THE PARKS: Teton Employees Receive Fire Service Awards
Teton Interagency Fire Employees Receive 2010 Regional National Park Service Awards On behalf of the National Park Service Intermountain Region (IMR), Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott and Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor Jacque Buchanan presented two Teton Interagency Fire employees with awards for excellence in fire management. Grand Teton National Park Assistant Fire Management Officer Mack McFarland received the IMR Interagency Fire Management Leadership Award and Martha Williamson, Teton Interagency fire planner, received the IMR Fire Management Achievement Award. McFarland’s leadership award recognizes his exemplary service and dual role for the past three years as a fuels specialist for Grand Teton National Park and as the north zone…
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WYOMING ARTS: Jackson’s Lynn Friess Wins Award
LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW THE CURRENT ISSUE! www.wyolifestyle.com Jackson Hole Author Lynn Friess Wins Gold 2011 “IPPY” Award Picture book Western Lullaby takes a first place in Independent Publisher awards Jackson, Wyoming – May 24, 2011 – A Jackson Hole picture book, Western Lullaby, written by Lynn Estes Friess and illustrated by Barbara Leonard Gibson (Mariposa Ranch Press, 2010), has won a gold medal in the national 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Launched in 1996, the “IPPY” Awards are designed to bring increased recognition to deserving but often unsung titles from independent publishers. Western Lullaby by Jackson Hole resident Lynn Friess took first place in the category…
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ART IN WY: Architecture Speaks in Black & White
LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE FOR OUR CURRENT ISSUE, BIZ DIRECTORY & MORE INFO: www.wyolifestyle.com Architecture Speaks In Black & White – photography by Michael Flicek Architecture has much to say about many aspects of human existence. Structures have voice. Much as the great thinkers and philosophers throughout time have struggled with universal human concerns like truth, beauty, and spirituality or logic and metaphysics, so have architects throughout time worked to interpret these human concerns through their use of light, space, and form. All of this has been, and is, done within the context of a time and place that carries with it particular cultural, political, and economic conditions and…
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GTNP: Bicyclist Injured in Truck Collision
LINK BACK TO OUR WEBSITE: www.wyolifestyle.com Bicyclist Injured in Collision with Delivery Truck A 54-year-old Jackson, Wyoming resident received multiple injuries when he was struck by the rearview mirror of a delivery truck while biking on Highway 26/89/191, about 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11. The delivery truck, driven by a 54-year-old Jackson man, and the bicyclist were both northbound on the highway when the accident occurred approximately one mile north of the Airport Junction in Grand Teton National Park. The cyclist was wearing a bike helmet. After making contact with the bicyclist, the driver of the truck quickly stopped and made a 911 call on his cell phone to…
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Grand Teton Natl. Park Recognizes Intl. Migratory Bird Day
Grand Teton National Park Recognizes International Migratory Bird Day Grand Teton National Park will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) with a bird-watching caravan on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Park ranger naturalist Andrew Langford will visit areas throughout the park that provide excellent opportunities to locate, identify, and record birds as part of the North American Migration Count. The free activity begins at 8 a.m. in the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center at Moose and finishes by 4 p.m. at Christian Pond near Jackson Lake Lodge. Reservations are not required. Anyone interested in birds is welcome to participate in the annual bird count and bird-watching excursion hosted by Grand…
