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Council opts for partner-based ecological monitoring at Kearns Meadow instead of a six-figure contract
Summary
Town staff recommended rejecting vendor proposals and instead working with local nonprofits and agency partners (Teton Raptor Center, Friends of Pathways, Teton County Weed & Pest) to monitor ecological impacts at Kearns Meadow; council approved the partner approach and directed staff to return with costed contracts and budget requests.
Jackson — After a detailed staff presentation on March 16, the Town Council directed staff to pursue a partner-based ecological monitoring approach for Kearns (Garner) Meadow rather than awarding the highest-scoring vendor contract as proposed in the recent RFP process.
Tanya Anderson, the town’s ecosystem stewardship administrator, told council the proposals ranged widely — from roughly $100,000-plus (the locally based firm “Y2”) up to several hundred thousand dollars for multi-year programs. Anderson recommended rejecting the proposals because staff were not confident the methods submitted would definitively show recreation impacts on ecological values for a relatively…
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