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The Bridger-Teton National Forest fire-prevention specialist works to help people understand the amazing force fire can be. When Bridger-Teton National Forest fire-prevention specialist Lesley Williams-Gomez arrived in Wyoming to fight wildfires in 1994, she stepped into a career that bridged two of her passions: outdoor adventures and ecology. She would also forge new territory as one of the first female smokejumpers, leaping from airplanes into areas where wildland fires were burning to help battle the flames. These pursuits delivered equal parts adventure and public service while satisfying Williams-Gomez’s innate curiosity about the natural world.
Kansas City Fed sets Jackson Hole conference dates Aug 22-24
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City on Wednesday said its annual central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will take place from Aug. 22-24. The event, one of the premier global central bank gatherings of the year, which typically features a keynote speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, will focus on the topic "Reassessing the Effectiveness and Transmission of Monetary Policy," the bank said.
Enjoy: Food
These salads are serious meals. The West may be best known for its wild game and locally raised meats, and in Jackson Hole, salads stand by on menus as unsung heroes. Packed with fresh (and, in summer, often locally grown), vibrant ingredients, they can be as passionately composed as main courses. “The salad is not just a dish; it reflects our commitment to bringing people together through the universal language of food,” says Figs general manager Sadek Darwiche. Here are five local salads worthy of epicurean curiosity.
Be ‘Bear Aware’ With Grizzlies on Togwotee Pass
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wyoming Game & Fish Department, U.S. Forest Service, Wyoming Highway Patrol, and Teton County Sheriff Department are warning the public to practice responsible wildlife viewing activities and obey traffic laws on Togwotee Pass along U.S. Highway 26/287. This warning comes in response to unsafe conditions created by people and cars getting too close to grizzly bears that frequent the pas..
Enjoy: Taste of Jackson Hole
These pies are as fun to order as they are to eat. Is a summer visit to Grand Teton National Park really a visit if you don’t get pizza at Dornans and take it up to the restaurant’s rooftop deck to eat while enjoying the views? There are 10 restaurants inside GTNP, but it’s the Pizza & Pasta Company at Dornans, just outside the park’s main entrance at Moose, that is its most iconic eatery, mostly because of its pizzas, each of which are named after a Teton peak.
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In the two years since Jackson local Deirdre Griffith won the epic Mongol Derby—a 1,000-kilometer equestrian endurance race that recreates the horse messenger system developed by Genghis Khan in 1224—the longtime equestrienne has been busy. She helped to spearhead the Parental Mental Wellness program at St. John’s Health; earned recognition as one of the valley’s top-producing realtors; continued to raise two daughters, Lilah, 8, and Delaney, 6, with husband, Vance; and trained horses at the family’s rural property south of town. If there’s a common thread in these seemingly disparate accomplishments, it is Griffith’s passion for doing hard things and the discipline she has in all of her preparation.
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