Editing Grand Teton National Park (section)

==Park management==
[[File:Sunset over the Grand Tetons 2.JPG|thumb|Sunset over the Tetons]]
Grand Teton National Park is one of the ten most visited national parks in the U.S.,<ref name=visitation>{{cite web|title=Park Visitation Figures |url=http://www.npca.org/exploring-our-parks/visitation.html |publisher=National Parks Conservation Association |access-date=January 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118224102/http://www.npca.org/exploring-our-parks/visitation.html |archive-date=January 18, 2012 }}</ref> with an annual average of 2.75&nbsp;million visitors in the period from 2007 to 2016, with 3.27 million visiting in 2016.<ref name=visits>{{NPS Visitation|access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref> The National Park Service is a federal agency of the [[United States Department of the Interior]] and manages both Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway. Grand Teton National Park has an average of 100 permanent and 180 seasonal employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stingray |first=River |date=2025-02-10 |title=How Trump’s hiring freeze could impact Grand Teton National Park |url=https://buckrail.com/how-trumps-hiring-freeze-could-impact-grand-teton-national-park/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Buckrail - Jackson Hole, news |language=en-US}}</ref> The park also manages 27 concession contracts that provide services such as lodging, restaurants, mountaineering guides, dude ranching, fishing and a boat shuttle on Jenny Lake.<ref name=concession>{{cite web|title=Business Resources |url=http://www.nps.gov/grte/parkmgmt/bus.htm |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=January 22, 2012 |date=December 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201185330/http://www.nps.gov/grte/parkmgmt/bus.htm |archive-date=February 1, 2012 }}</ref> The National Park Service works closely with other federal agencies such as the [[U.S. Forest Service]], the [[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]], the [[Bureau of Reclamation]], and also, in consequence of [[Jackson Hole Airport]]'s presence in the park, the [[Federal Aviation Administration]]. Initial construction of the airstrip north of the town of Jackson was completed in the 1930s.<ref name=airport>{{cite web|title=Jackson Hole Airport |url=http://www.nps.gov/grte/parkmgmt/bus.htm |publisher=Jackson Hole Airport |access-date=January 22, 2012 |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201185330/http://www.nps.gov/grte/parkmgmt/bus.htm |archive-date=February 1, 2012 }}</ref> When Jackson Hole National Monument was designated, the airport was inside it. After the monument and park were combined, the Jackson Hole Airport became the only commercial airport within an American national park. Jackson Hole Airport has some of the strictest [[Noise mitigation|noise abatement]] regulations of any airport in the U.S.<ref name=airport/> The airport has night flight curfews and overflight restrictions, with pilots being expected to approach and depart the airport along the east, south or southwest flight corridors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jackson Hole Airport |url=http://www.boeing.com/commercial/noise/jackson_hole.html |work=Airport Noise and Emissions Regulations |publisher=Boeing |access-date=June 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508040012/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/noise/jackson_hole.html |archive-date=May 8, 2012 }}</ref>

===Expansion===
{{As of |2010}}, 110 privately owned property [[inholding]]s, many belonging to the state of Wyoming, are located within Grand Teton National Park.{{Update inline|date=February 2024|reason=Wyoming is selling its last inholding parcel}} Efforts to purchase or trade these inholdings for other federal lands are ongoing and through partnerships with other entities, $10&nbsp;million is hoped to be raised to acquire private inholdings by 2016.<ref name="plan">{{cite web|title=First Annual Centennial Strategy for Grand Teton National Park|url=http://home.nps.gov/grte/parkmgmt/upload/gtnp_centennial_report.pdf|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=January 22, 2012|date=August 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813224142/http://home.nps.gov/grte/parkmgmt/upload/gtnp_centennial_report.pdf|archive-date=August 13, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Huelsmann|first1=Kevin|title=Budget battles hinder swap|url=http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/top_stories/budget-battles-hinder-swap/article_81af279b-0879-53f1-8bc7-83a4f30c06e2.html|access-date=April 23, 2012|newspaper=Jackson Hole News and Guide|date=January 4, 2012|first2=Cory |last2=Hatch}}</ref>

In December 2016 the Antelope Flats Parcel consisting of {{convert|640|acre}} (owned by the State of Wyoming as part of state school trust lands) was purchased and transferred to Grand Teton National Park. The purchase price amounted to $46&nbsp;million ($23&nbsp;million allocated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the last $23&nbsp;million was raised in private funds from 5,421 donors).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gtnpf.org/achievements/state-lands/ |title=Public-Private Effort Secured High-Stakes Land in Grand Teton |work=Grand Teton National Park Foundation &#124; Jackson, WY |publisher=Grand Teton National Park Foundation |access-date=September 28, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.nationalparks.org/about-foundation/newsroom/important-habitat-grand-teton-national-park-preserved |title=Important Habitat in Grand Teton National Park Preserved |publisher=National Parks Foundation |date=December 12, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823125407/https://www.nationalparks.org/about-foundation/newsroom/important-habitat-grand-teton-national-park-preserved |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wyofile.com/5421-donors-saved-grand-teton-parcel/amp/ |title=5,421 donors saved Grand Teton parcel |last=Thuermer |first=Angus M. Jr. |work=WyoFile |date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823122856/https://www.wyofile.com/5421-donors-saved-grand-teton-parcel/amp/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Moulton Ranch Cabins, a {{convert|1|acre|adj=on|spell=in}} inholding along the historic Mormon Row was sold to the Grand Teton National Park Foundation in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gtnpf.org/achievements/mormon-row-shell/ |title=Private Inholding on Mormon Row Now Part of Grand Teton |work=Grand Teton National Park Foundation &#124; Jackson, WY |publisher=Grand Teton National Park Foundation |access-date=September 28, 2021 }}</ref> 

In 2020 the National Park Service in partnership with the Conservation Fund acquired a {{convert|35|acre|adj=on}} parcel located within Grand Teton National Park. This parcel is located near the Granite Canyon Entrance Station.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.conservationfund.org/news/press-releases/2173-grand-teton-national-park-adds-35-acres |title=Grand Teton National Park Acquires Parcel of Land in Collaboration with The Conservation Fund |publisher=The Conservation Fund |date=January 21, 2020 |access-date=September 28, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 

The {{convert|640|acre||adj=mid| Kelly Parcel}} was offered by the state of Wyoming in order to fund schools.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Mike |date=December 30, 2024 |title=$100 Million for One Square Mile: Deal to Protect Land in Grand Tetons |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/grand-teton-park-wyoming-sale.html |work=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rossi |first=Andrew |date=2023-12-03 |title=Everyone Wants To Preserve The Kelly Parcel, So What's The Hang-Up? |url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/12/03/everyone-wants-to-preserve-the-kelly-parcel-so-whats-the-hang-up/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |work=Cowboy State Daily |language=en}}</ref> Located on a migration route for pronghorn, mule deer, elk and other species, the parcel is at the mouth of the Gros Ventre River Valley.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thuermer Jr |first=Angus M. |date=2024-12-30 |title=After decades of political maneuvering, Grand Teton buys Wyoming's Kelly Parcel |url=https://wyofile.com/after-decades-of-political-maneuvering-grand-teton-buys-wyomings-kelly-parcel-today/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=WyoFile |language=en-US}}</ref> The National Park Service could only acquire the land at its appraised value, leaving charitable organizations to cover the higher sale price demanded by Wyoming legislators.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clements |first=Chris |date=2024-02-23 |title=Wyoming is getting closer to selling the Kelly Parcel to Grand Teton National Park for $100 million |url=https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2024-02-23/wyoming-is-getting-closer-to-selling-the-kelly-parcel-to-grand-teton-national-park-for-100-million |access-date=2024-02-27 |work=Wyoming Public Media |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Leigh Reagan |date=2024-02-26 |title=Wyo set to sell Kelly Parcel to the feds, with two major conditions |url=http://buckrail.com/wyo-set-to-sell-kelly-parcel-to-the-feds-with-two-major-conditions/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=Buckrail - Jackson Hole |language=en-US}}</ref> The Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners approved the sale which was completed at the end of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gruver |first=Mead |date=2024-12-28 |title=Wyoming governor approves $100 million sale of state land to join Grand Teton National Park |url=https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-grand-teton-land-sale-gordon-66bd29f553d1f87cb9781c646764e339 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>