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  Compost facility in West Yellowstone that serves Yellowstone National Park to shut down

  News provided by Cushing Terrell Oct 13, 2021, 11:42 ET SEATTLE , Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hurricanes, wildfires, and severe winter storms have demonstrated the precarious nature of our energy infrastructure and the critical need to rethink our energy sources and delivery methods. Knowing the need for fast-tracked solutions, members of Cushing Terrell's Infrastructure Group, Alan and Nathan Bronec , father and son electrical engineers, brought their expertise on microgrids and renewable energy integration to this year's Greenbuild conference which took place last month. Their presentation, "Don't Be Left in the Dark: How Microgrids Make Reliable, Onsite Renewable Energy Possible," will be part of the on-demand series of presentations available for attendees.  Lamar Buffalo Ranch is a remote site in Yellowstone National Park that is 100% off-grid. Cushing Terrell designed a micro-hydroelectric turbine and c

  News Release Grand Teton initiates habitat restoration projects NPS Photo/C. Adams Subscribe | What is RSS News Release Date: July 15, 2021 Contact: Denise Germann, 307.739.3393 Contact: C.J. Adams, 307.739.3431 Grand Teton National Park staff have initiated habitat restoration projects in the southern part of the park. The work is part of a multi-phase restoration effort to replace approximately 4,500 acres of former non-native grass fields with native sagebrush steppe habitat. A healthy sagebrush ecosystem in Grand Teton is vital for the diversity and abundance of native plants and wildlife species like elk, bison, moose, pronghorn, and sage grouse that rely on them. Through the support of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation, the park has worked to return these pastures to their former, native glory. Beginning in the late 1800s, Jackson Hole homesteaders converted large swaths of local sagebrush steppe habitat to hayfields for agricul