Jackson Hole Preserve

Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated is non-profit conservation organization whose primary mission is the conservation ethic applied to natural areas.

History The Jackson Hole Preserve organization was founded in 1940 by Laurance Rockefeller.Undue Influence Foundation Index; Jackson Hole Preserve entry . In 1943 it protected land, now in Grand Teton National Park, as a nature preserve originally known as the Jackson Hole Preserve and later the Jackson Hole Wildlife Park.

Laurance Rockefeller also purchased and donated of land on Saint John island in the United States Virgin Islands, to the U.S. National Park Service to create Virgin Islands National Park.

See also Grand Teton National Park New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Virgin Islands National Park

References

External links NPS.gov: Grand Teton National Park — History of the Jackson Hole Preserve & Jackson Hole Wildlife Park Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (JHPI) records, 1940-2002. DIMES: The Online Collection and Catalog of Rockefeller Archive Center.