MARCH
2010
EVENTS
One Tuesday per month
Conservation Alliance focused
conversations on the Comp Plan revision
4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Alliance conference room, 685 S. Cache St.
This winter, our Comprehensive Plan open houses
started taking a different
form. Instead of general meetings held each week,
they are now more focused and timely once-a-month
meetings centered on specific issues related to
the ongoing Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive
Plan revision. We'll post meeting dates and topics
here as soon as they are scheduled - this month's
is March 16; see below for details. (The town and
county planning commissioners are currently considering
changes to the second draft of the Comp Plan, which
was released in April 2009. For background info, click
here.)
Wednesday, March 3
Nature Mapping Refresher Training
5 to 6 p.m., Wyoming Game and Fish Department office, 420 N. Cache
Nature Mapping is a program that trains citizens to be wildlife observers for
the benefit of their local communities. The information gathered from trained
observers can help our community come up with an accurate picture of what kinds
of wildlife we have and where they live during different times of the year, and
this info could be used for conservation efforts in Jackson Hole. This March
3rd refresher is to update people who were trained before a new data entry system
took effect. More information is available at www.naturemappingjh.org and
by clicking here.
(Many thanks to the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund and Jackson Hole Wildlife
Foundation for Sponsoring Nature Mapping Jackson Hole.)
Friday, March 5
Open Discussion on proposed Bridger-Teton
land sale
10 a.m., Alliance conference room, 685 S. Cache
The regional office of the U.S. Forest Service has recently hinted that if the
Jackson Hole community succeeds in blocking the sale of public land on North
Cache, then the Forest Service might change its decision to keep the Bridger-Teton
supervisor's office in Jackson. (Click
here for Regional Forester Harv Forsgren's Feb. 12 letter.) The Alliance
is spearheading efforts to identify options for funding the B-T's administrative
needs other than selling our public lands. (Click
here for our press release, and click
here for background.) Our next discussion is Friday, March 5, and you're
invited. Questions? Contact Louise Lasley, Alliance public lands director, at
Louise@jhalliance.org or (307) 733-9417.
Monday, March 8
Wildlife Crossings and Jackson Hole
Noon to 1 p.m., Alliance conference room, 685
S. Cache
The Alliance Public Lands Committee will discuss
ways that our community can work to ensure that
Jackson Hole’s roads and highways start
incorporating crossings for wildlife. Contact
Louise Lasley at Louise@jhalliance.org or
(307) 733-9417 for details.
Tuesday, March 9
Nature Mapping Refresher Training
5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Wyoming Game and Fish Department
office, 420 N. Cache
Please see March 3rd item above for information.
Wednesday, March 10
Roundtable Discussion on Air Quality
4:30 to 6 p.m., Old Wilson Schoolhouse Community
Center
New regulations have been proposed to protect
people from harmful ozone levels, but meanwhile
pollution from energy development on federal
lands in Wyoming continues to threaten our environment.
The Jackson Council of the Greater Yellowstone
Coalition is sponsoring this event for our community
to talk about what we can do to protect our health,
clean air and pristine views. For details and
to RSVP, contact Lloyd Dorsey at ldorsey@greateryellowstone.org or
(307) 734-6004.
Tuesday, March 16
Comp Plan Discussion on Alternative
Transportation
4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Alliance conference room,
685 S. Cache
Tim Young of Friends of Pathways and Phil Cameron
of the Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition
will lend their expertise to the topic of Theme
Six of the draft Comp Plan, "Develop a Multi-Modal
Transportation Strategy." Contact Becky
Tillson at Rebecca@jhalliance.org or
(307) 733-9417 for more information.
Wednesday, March 17
Alliance info lunch on the Murie Center
Noon to 1 p.m., Alliance conference room, 685
S. Cache
In partnership with Grand Teton National Park,
the Murie Center in Moose engages people to understand
and to commit to the enduring value of conserving
wildlife and wild places. Kathleen Belk and Jon
Mobeck will discuss the center’s mission,
program themes and summer curriculum. They’ll
also talk about why the Murie family’s
legacy is still relevant and the ways that the
center builds upon that extraordinary legacy
of conservation.
Thursday, March 18
Staying Safe in Bear, Lion and Wolf
Country
6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Snow King Resort, Teton Room
Do you know what you’d do if you found
yourself face to face with a bear or other large
predator? If not, you should attend this free
workshop, where you’ll hear good, practical
information from experienced biologists with
the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and other
agencies. For details, call the Jackson Game
and Fish office at (307) 733-2321 or 800-423-4113.
Saturday, March 20
Bird Identification Training
Learn to identify some of the common birds that
visit feeders in the valley at this training
offered in conjunction with Nature Mapping Jackson
Hole. Space is limited; for details and to reserve
a spot, contact Jenny McCabe at (307) 734-3741
or Jennifer.McCabe@tetonscience.org. |
