Group urges Jackson Hole Airport to forgo firehouse on virgin Grand Teton park land

By: Angus M. Thuermer Jr.

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: June 25, 2026

Words: 872

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago


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This story was first published by WyoFile on June 24, 2026.

A national parks conservation group is asking the Jackson Hole Airport to honor a 1983 agreement and not build a fire/rescue station outside a restricted development zone in Grand Teton National Park.

The airport — the busiest in Wyoming and only commercial airport in a national park — should consider locating its planned fire/rescue building in a development subzone before looking beyond that …

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