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And Now For The Good News
6+ hour, 12+ min ago (403+ words) Teton Valley News We'll start off our periodic look at the water situation in Teton Valley with some good news. The rain, thunder, and hail we had in late May served to improve the drought situation in the south end....
Nature Notes: Let Us Get Batty
2+ week, 5+ day ago (55+ words) Teton Valley News Some of our recent nature notes have focused upon seldom-seen local animals. To continue that trend, we here address a large group of local mammals that are seldom seen and are regularly misunderstood, our resident bats. Unlock…...
For the love of Whitebark
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (630+ words) Whitebark pine trees are in grave danger. For the last 20 years, climate change, mountain pine beetle epidemics and disease have driven massive loss amongst their ranks. By 2016, more than half of standing whitebark pines in the western U. S. had been wiped…...
Nature Notes: The Fish Eagle
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (297+ words) Teton Valley News Not many years ago we had no Osprey in Teton Valley DDT and other contaminants had done to Osprey populations what they did to bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and other predatory birds Today, Ospreys are back stronger…...
Letter: Bird ID? | Letters To Editor | tetonvalleynews. net
2+ mon, 14+ hour ago (55+ words) Letter: Bird ID? Teton Valley News Was out feeding the chickens this morning and saw this gorgeous, what I think is a piebald robin looking for worms and hanging out with other robins. Sounded like a robin. Would like an…...
Nature Notes: Diversity is natural
2+ mon, 19+ hour ago (335+ words) Teton Valley News This week we are going to rely more on pictures than text, hoping that a picture is worth a thousand words. Recently Joyce Mears provided an interesting image to Teton Valley News to learn if what she…...
Nature Notes: American Goldfinch
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (334+ words) One of our most striking songbirds has returned to Teton Valley. The vibrant lemon yellow of the male American Goldfinch during breeding season is a welcome early sign of spring. These small birds breed across the northern tier of the…...
Nature Notes: Long-Billed Curlew
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (320+ words) We listen each day for the whistled cooo Li call of one of Teton Valley's most iconic birds. The Long-billed Curlew are now enroute to our wet meadows and pasture lands from their wintering grounds in California and Mexico. These…...
Three Forks LLC protects 290 Acres of vital wildlife habitat
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (243+ words) Alfalfa field on Three Forks LLC Horseshoe Flats I Teton Regional Land Trust (TRLT) is pleased to announce the permanent protection of 290 acres of working farmland and wildlife habitat in Teton County through two newly donated conservation easements from Three…...
Opinion: We need a public lands champion to lead the BLM, not Steve Pearce
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (348+ words) Teton Valley News When asked by a group of Senators this week if he's changed his well-documented support for selling off America's public lands, Steve Pearce, the nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management said, "I'm not so sure…...