JACKSON HOLE, WYO – Save this date for a special chance to hear from three important supporters of public lands including a legendary climber.
The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance and partners announced they have secured Conrad Anker, Jenni Lowe-Anker, and Max Lowe as speakers at their upcoming ‘Party For Our Public Lands’ event scheduled for Wednesday, September 6, at the Center for the Arts.
“Conrad, Jenni, and Max have been consistent ambassadors for our American public lands and offer a great perspective for the party,” said Alliance communications officer Marisa Wilson. “The trio use public lands extensively and understand their importance to the American people, especially in the west. We admire their work in advocating for the continued federal protection and management of public lands and are ecstatic to have such well-known faces and accomplished athletes join us here in Teton County.”
Conrad Anker is a legendary climber and mountaineer who has explored all over the world, from Nepal to Antarctica, and was famously part of the team who found George Mallory’s body on Everest.
Jenni Lowe-Anker is an artist, writer, and activist who has been a part of the Northern Rockies conservation movement since the 1980s. She founded the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation in 1999, which is dedicated to providing support and guidance to remote communities all over the world.
Max Lowe is an explorer, photographer, and documentarian whose work has taken him to the most remote parts of the world, including Antarctica, Nepal, and Mongolia.
“We have a diverse group of partners with the Keep it Public, WY movement joining us at the event. It was important to us to include various groups that all have a vested interest in protecting our public lands. From conservation to recreation to hunters and anglers, everyone in Wyoming seems to have a special connection to public lands, and that is something worth celebrating and protecting,” Wilson added.
Dan Smitherman, Conservation Alliance board member and Wyoming representative to the Wilderness Society said of the event, “It is appropriate that we celebrate our shared public lands with an event in Teton County, where public lands and access to them are the dominant economic engine. This is particularly true in a time when our public lands are threatened and under attack from the Executive Branch, Congress, and our own state legislature. We must remain vigilant.”
