Barker-Ewing Scenic Float Trips - Jackson Hole and Grand Teton

Toughest Teeth in Town

By Eric Barker | July 29, 2017 |

Beaver on Snake River bank - photo taken on a Barker Ewing Grand Teton Scenic Float Trip

The riparian bottomland habitat along the Snake River is home to a multitude of wildlife. One of the residents we often see is the beaver. There are two types of beaver in the world: the native North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber). Here in Grand Teton National Park, we often…

Soft Gold on the Snake

By Eric Barker | July 30, 2015 |

Jackson Hole was the center of the Fur Trade for a short period in the 1820s and 1830s due to the abundance of beaver. This squat brown mammal (once decreed a fish by the Bishop of Quebec, to fit dietary law) was once abundant throughout North America. Fur trappers venturing west to collect beaver pelts…

Boogie woogie bugle boys – aka the elk are about to start bugling.

By Barker-Ewing Float Trips | September 2, 2014 |

Bull Elk stands in a field - Jackson Hole wildlife

Have you ever heard an elk bugle? It’s an amazing, haunting, primal sound that a bull elk makes when in rut. (Rut is the mating season and when the mature bulls compete for the attentions of the cow elk and will try to defend females in their harem. Rival bulls challenge their opponents by bellowing…