“Vail Resorts and its local properties continue to be strong partners for the Foundation and for Grand Teton National Park,” Foundation President Leslie Mattson said. “For many years these groups have supported our mission to improve resources and educate young people in Grand Teton National Park. This volunteer day helps Grand Teton accomplish much needed work and is a wonderful and creative way for Vail to give back to its communities.”
Alex Klein, vice president of Grand Teton Lodge Company and Flagg Ranch Company said, “Echo Day is a great opportunity for our employees to get out in the national park and give back to the amazing environment we are fortunate enough to call home.”
This year’s volunteer project focused on invasive species eradication along a one mile corridor of creekside habitat in Grand Teton National Park, an area that is particularly difficult for controlling nonnative plants.
Great work, and thank you!
About Grand Teton National Park Foundation
Grand Teton National Park Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to fund projects that protect and enhance Grand Teton National Park’s treasured resources. By funding initiatives that go beyond what the NPS could accomplish on its own, the Foundation initiates improvements, critical research, and projects that enhance visitors’ experiences, creating a solid future for Grand Teton. Since 1997, the organization has raised more than $20 million for education-based capital projects, work-and-learn programs that connect youth to nature, and wildlife research and protection.
About Grand Teton Lodge Company
With a mission to preserve, protect and inspire, Grand Teton Lodge Company is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service within Grand Teton National Park operating the lodging, restaurants, tours and activities at Jackson Lake Lodge, Jenny Lake Lodge, Colter Bay Village, Jenny Lake and Gros Ventre campgrounds as well as the Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club, which is located just outside the park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. www.gtlc.com
About Headwaters Lodge & Cabins at Flagg Ranch
As a concessioner in the park, Headwaters Lodge & Cabins at Flagg Ranch is more than just dedicated. We are eco-visionaries in protecting this natural resource for future generations. Flagg Ranch Company is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service within John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway operating the lodging, restaurants, tours and activities at Headwaters Lodge & Cabins. www.flaggranch.com
About Vail Resorts
About Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Canyons in Park City, Utah; Afton Alps in Minnesota and Mt. Brighton in Michigan; and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company, manages casually elegant properties. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com
About Vail Resorts Echo
Through its extensive environmental programs and partnerships with local nonprofits, Vail Resorts Echo focuses on forest and habitat restoration, resource conservation as well as initiatives that support healthy kids and communities where the Company operates resorts. To learn more about the Company's environmental stewardship programs, how to apply for a VR Echo grant or ways to volunteer, visit www.vailresortsecho.com.
