"And when Mardy's gone, the ranch will become part of Grand Teton National Park, " Berkes says.

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It's held in a small lodge in Grand Teton National Park.

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Hunting elk was deemed essential at Grand Teton National Park, allowing federal workers to stay on the job there and at the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyoming.

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The hotel has its own wildlife biologist and photographer, Tenley Thompson, who created the programme and trained a team of naturalists to take small groups (with at least one guide for every five hotel guests) on customised wildlife safari tours through Bridger Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge.

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Located mid-way between the town of Jackson Hole and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, close to the Grand Teton National Park and the Snake River, the community of some 27 homes on about 640 acres includes hundreds of protected acres on which there is a wildlife habitat with swans, elk moose, eagles, and osprey.

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