Stay close to the Tetons wherever you are and help protect the landscape that inspires you.
Our Partners
Partnership is vital in accomplishing our mission of inspiring deeper connection, better understanding, and enduring support for our public lands. With trust and respect built through decades of work together, GTA’s commitment to providing 100% of our retail profits continues to support our agency partners as they steward our magnificent public lands.
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Grand Teton National Park
National Elk Refuge
PROJECTS WE SUPPORT
Supported Interpretive Programming
Partnership: National Elk Refuge
GTA supports interpretive programming at the National Elk Refuge by funding three staff naturalists who host hundreds of participants for both on-site and off-site educational programs.
Junior Ranger Day
Partnership: Grand Teton National Park
Designed to spark curiosity and connection with the natural world through hands-on activities, games, and educational exhibits, Junior Ranger Day is an incredible learning opportunity for area youth.
In 2026, 650 attendees showed up to learn from park rangers and experts about bear safety, conservation and preservation, and how to protect wildlife and the ecosystem. About 300-350 junior rangers were sworn in by park rangers at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Moose.
Grand Teton Association sponsors the advertising campaign including ads in the Jackson Hole Daily and radio spots on local stations. GTA also supports the printing of Jr. Ranger program books and badges. In 2025, over 18,000 Jr. Rangers became park stewards in Grand Teton.
Through engaging activities, kids discovered ways to leave no trace, stay safe, respect wildlife, and share their knowledge of the park. Small hands can make a big difference!
Indigenous Arts and Cultural Demonstration Program
Partnership: Grand Teton National Park
Each summer, Grand Teton National Park hosts Indigenous artists at the Colter Bay Visitor Center to share their traditional and contemporary art with park visitors. This annual summer program will run from mid-May through late-September at the Colter Bay Visitor Center and is proudly supported by the Grand Teton Association.
Visitors are invited to learn about Indigenous cultures through demonstrations where participating artists share the cultural traditions of their tribes through painting, weaving, pottery, beadwork, musical instruments, and more. Artists will offer their finished items for purchase. The Indigenous Arts and Cultural Demonstration Program is available when the Colter Bay Visitor Center is open.
Most Saturday nights at 8 p.m. throughout the summer and 7 p.m. in the fall, visiting artists will offer live performances and talks at the Colter Bay Amphitheater, available to the public. See below for the current artist and speaker series schedules (each summer's schedule will be posted by May 1).
Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway are the homelands of 24 Associated Tribes with ancestral and cultural connections.
Supported Interpretive Programming
Partnership: Grand Teton National Park
In 2025, GTA provided merchandise to support learning (journals, books) or self-care (water bottles, good socks, buffs) for 79 youth participating in career development and service programs. Additionally, GTA supported staffing of 114 different education programs.
In 2026, GTA delivered 48 programs over 2.5 weeks, reaching 5,000+ students across 21 states.
GTA also employs science communications staff and graphic designer to create educational content regarding park wildlife, resources, and visitor information.
Grand Teton Guide
Partnership: Grand Teton National Park
The Grand Teton Guide offers vital information to every visitor of the park. GTA helps produce these comprehensive guides to provide year-round single and multi-day visitors with up to date information on natural history, visitation considerations, and scheduled events. The Grand Teton Guide continues to be one of the best ways to reach everyday visitors and enhance their park visit.
In 2025, GTA published over 412,708 copies of the Grand Teton Guide, distributed at park visitor centers, park entrance booths, National Elk Refuge and Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, Jackson National Fish Hatchery, and newspaper boxes. A copy of each edition of spring, summer, fall, and winter is also inserted once per season into the Jackson Hole News and Guide newspaper for our local community.
Elk GPS Collar Research
Partnership: National Elk Refuge
Grand Teton Association continued its partnership with the National Elk Refuge by providing funds to purchase GPS collars for cow elk in order to provide important location information. Elk location data collected from the collars help wildlife managers map elk movement and habitat use, design hunting seasons to meet objectives, monitor the effects of wolves on elk density, and evaluate the effects of elk density on potential disease transmission. On average, GTA supports 10-15 relacement elk collars annually. In 2025, GTA purchased 11 GPS elk collars to monitor elk movements through Grand Teton National Park.