The devil wears wrangler: a GNAR housing case study on Jackson and Teton County, Wyoming

Jackson and Teton County, Wyoming are home to some of the world's most stunning landscapes, from Yellowstone National Park to the Teton Range. It's also home to some of the nation's wealthiest and a uniquely complex housing crisis. The features that once isolated Jackson and Teton County from the rest of the world for centuries are now what has attracted growth, wealth, and the need for ecosystem preservation. This case study examines the pressures, challenges, solutions, and lessons learned from a housing crisis at the heart of the American West. People move to Jackson and Teton County for a better quality of life. The question is: does a better quality of life mean more affordable housing for the people who live in the region or better-protected habitats for the ecosystems that support it all?