The AMK Ranch Research Program

The Teton Lab provide opportunities for researchers to spend the summer at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Station in Grand Teton National Park. They conduct field work for research on topics related to environmental risk, preferences, and valuation. 

Recent projects include:

• Cherry, Todd L., Chandler Hubbard, and Lynne Lewis. "The peril of popularity: Celebrity wildlife leads to risky behavior?", published in Park Science, August 2025.​
• Brimley, Peri, Todd L. Cherry, and John Whitehead. "Using stated-preference modeling to estimate demand for species-specific recreation in Grand Teton National Park, under review.
• Lubsen, Connor, Caleb Hill, Katie Tenney, Todd Cherry, and John Whitehead. "Anthropogenic noise in natural areas: Behavioral responses and welfare implications, in progress. 

More about AMK Ranch:
The station is centrally located in Grand Teton National Park just north of Leek’s Marina, on Jackson Lake, about 1 hour north of Jackson, WY and 20 minutes south of Yellowstone National Park. 

The station has housing and a large lecture room in the Berol lodge along with a neighboring conference room. Basic lab facilities as well as canoes, kayaks, and use of a Pelican research boat are all available to station guests. 

It is one of only 9 field stations in US National Parks and by far the oldest partnership of this kind. In 2018, UW and NPS celebrated 65 years of cooperation in Grand Teton National Park.

Go to UW-NPS Research Station website: http://uwnps.org