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Who’s defending Caribou-Targhee?

National forest in Wyoming, 866 acres, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, designated in 1908.

The defenders

Nobody has claimed this fight yet

No group in our directory carries Caribou-Targhee in its work yet. That is not the same as nobody fighting: if you know the group that belongs here, tell us and our editors will look at it.

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16 more work nearby but are not tied to Caribou-Targhee on the record

On the ground in Wyoming

Wyoming Outdoor CouncilThey work only in WyomingAdvocacyWyoming Stock Growers Land TrustThey work only in WyomingLand TrustWyoming Wilderness AssociationThey work only in WyomingCoalitionJackson Hole Conservation AllianceThey work only in WyomingCoalitionTeton Science SchoolsThey work only in WyomingStewardshipGrand Teton National Park FoundationThey work only in WyomingFriends Group

More ways in

NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School)Based in Lander, close to the groundStewardshipCottonwood Environmental Law CenterWyoming is one of the 3 states they work inLegalVital Ground FoundationWyoming is one of the 4 states they work inLand TrustFriends of the Bridger-TetonThey work only in WyomingFriends GroupAdvocates for the WestWorking this regionLegalContinental Divide Trail CoalitionWorking this regionTrailsWestern Values ProjectWorking this regionWatchdogFriends of the National Elk RefugeThey work only in WyomingFriends GroupWildEarth GuardiansWorking this regionLegalIntertribal Buffalo CouncilWorking this regionTribal

The situation

What’s happening to Caribou-Targhee

Grand Targhee Resort asked to expand onto 866 acres of Caribou-Targhee National Forest on the quiet side of the Tetons. The Forest Service’s draft analysis found the project would take more than 500 acres of secure grizzly bear habitat and 200 acres of Canada lynx habitat, carving lifts and runs through a mule deer migration corridor and critical winter range. Public comments ran ten to one against it. In May 2026 the forest issued a draft decision trimmed to 694 acres, citing bighorn sheep and the loss of threatened whitebark pine, and approved it after the objection period closed. Wyoming Game and Fish, the state’s own wildlife agency, publicly urged the Forest Service to reverse the approval. The permit area now runs to roughly 3,000 acres.

  1. 2025Forest Service releases 600-page Draft Environmental Impact Statement
  2. 2025Public comment period closes; comments run 10:1 against expansion
  3. 2026Forest Service issues final EIS and draft decision, 694 acres, 45-day objection period opens
  4. 2026Wyoming Game and Fish urges the Forest Service to reverse the approval
Forest Service approves 694-acre resort expansion

Source: USDA Forest Service · July 26, 2026

Resort expansion onto 866 acres of national forest

Source: Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance

Grizzly bear and lynx habitat destruction

Source: Mountain Journal

No public comment window is open on Caribou-Targhee right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.

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Sources and methodThe situation, timeline, and threats: the MTJP threatened-lands record for Caribou-Targhee, with per-item sources. Which groups are on the record for this place: MTJP editors tie a group to a fight only with a source link they have read, one link at a time. A group without one is shown as likely to care, a guess from the federal court record and the group’s own mission and footprint. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-30. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.