Planet Jackson Hole News Briefs
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
By PJH Staff
GTNP kicks off winter season
Jackson Hole, Wyo.-Grand Teton National Park’s winter season begins today.
The Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center will remain open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. daily year-round, closing only on Christmas day. Ranger-led snowshoe hikes will leave from the Discovery and Visitor Center each day at 2 p.m. beginning Dec. 26. Reservations are required and can be made at 739-3399.
Backcountry users and mountaineers planning to spend the night in the backcountry must procure from the Visitor’s Center a non-fee permit before embarking on a trip. Permits are not required for day users. For avalanche information and weather forecasts, visit www.jhavalanche.org or call the avalanche hotline at 733-2664.
For those planning to snowshoe in the park, remember that snowshoers should walk adjacent to, and not on top of, cross-country ski tracks. Skiers and snowshoers are not restricted to established trails but are required to observe closure areas through April 1st. Plan ahead by visiting trail maps and closure locations at http://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/maps.htm.
r />Before taking a snowmobile into the park, review current regulations and approved Best Available Technology (BAT) guidelines at http://www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/current_batlist.htm, or stop at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Moose.
Winter visitors can purchase a single day pass to explore GTNP at the Moose, Moran or Granite Canyon entrance stations for $5 per vehicle. A seven-day pass for a single vehicle to both GTNP and Yellowstone is $25. Annual passes are also available. Snowmobile entry to GTNP and the JDR Parkway begins at $15.
For more information about the varied winter activities in Grand Teton National Park or the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, check out the park’s website at http://www.nps.gov/grte/planyourvisit/winter.htm.
START Bus service limited during holidaysOn Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 the START Bus will run only one round trip on both of its commuter routes. Buses will leave Etna and Driggs at 6:25 a.m. and the return trip will leave from Jackson at 5:10 p.m. The regular 5:30 a.m. bus from Etna to Jackson, the 7:05 a.m. bus from Driggs to Jackson and the 6:10 p.m. buses from Jackson to Etna and from Jackson to Driggs will not run on those days. For more information call 733-4521 or visit
www.startbus.com.
‘Hollers’ doled outThe Center for Wonder has awarded “Holler Grants” to the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Ladrillos para Las Artes, pARTners and the Teton Science Schools. The grants recognize charitable organizations and events “designed to give participants direct experiences or discoveries of a sense of wonder,” the organization stated in a press release. The awards encourage programs that offer “wonder experiences.”
The Wildlife Film Festival received its award for a pilot program, “Day of Discovery: Celebrating Winter’s Natural Beauty through Digital Photography.” It seeks to develop relationships between the Festival and the Latino Resource Center and Teton Literacy Program.
Ladrillos para Los Artes creates Latino arts and community-wide cultural programming. This “Holler” helps fund a visiting artist to offer workshops in traditional tin crafts and miracle charms.
The pARTners “Inside-Out Project” brings professional architects, writers and artists from the community into the schools to work directly with students and increase self-awareness through reading, writing and visual arts.
The Teton Science Schools’ “Play Team Program” provides outdoor playtime for children and develops connections to nature and heightens awareness of leadership styles.
“Holler Grants” are awarded quarterly. Feb. 1 is the next application deadline. For more information call 734-0570.
Wyo. Dem leader: Clinton nom ‘will kill’ state Dem candidatesThe chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party warned last week that the democratic presidential nomination of Hillary Clinton would result in backlash that could effectively hobble democratic candidates across the state.
John Millin wrote in an editorial letter sent to major newspapers across the West, including the Denver Post, stating, “For reasons I don’t agree with or completely understand, most voters in Wyoming seem to hate Hillary Clinton.”
He cited to the ground Democrats have recently gained in Wyoming, pointing to the 40 percent margin of victory for Gov. Dave Freudenthal in’06, Jackson Hole Democrat Gary Trauner’s narrow loss to Rep. Barbara Cubin (he “scared” her out of ’08, Millin wrote), and record funding and support propelling the first-ever party field staff working across the state.
“All of this progress will be completely reversed if Hillary Clinton is our party’s presidential nominee,” Millin cautioned.
The state chair, who has made clear his endorsement of presidential hopeful Sen. Obama, argued the state’s strong if somewhat secretive dislike of Clinton is not rooted in sexism. Wyoming, after all, had the first state government to grant equal voting rights for women and elected Nellie Tayloe Ross the first woman governor in the U.S.
“If Hillary Clinton is our party’s nominee, every democratic candidate in Wyoming will be painted with that same liberal, big government brush.”
The Denver Post reported the Clinton campaign “dismissed Millin’s comments as the work of a surrogate for a rival candidate, Sen. Barack Obama.”
Locally, Gary Trauner was not immediately available for comment.
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