An elk crosses in front of traffic on North Highway 89 between East Gros Ventre Butte and the National Elk Refuge in December 2020.
After decades of community efforts and countless deaths of animals in collisions with vehicles, Teton County finally has made tangible progress toward building long-sought wildlife crossings at three new locations, including north of town by the National Fish Hatchery.
County engineering staff and consultants presented plans to commissioners during a workshop Monday, showing designs about a third of the way through the process. They will give a similar public presentation from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Teton County Library.
Wildlife crossings advocates wait to speak in the Jackson Town Council chambers in June 2019.
A wildlife underpass was added in 2019 along South Highway 89 between Jackson and Hoback to give animals safer access to the lowlands near the South Park feedground.