Grand Tetons recommended reading(At the bottom of the page are links to online materials, including field guides to Rocky Mountain mammals, birds.)
Almost any local library can order a book for you from another library almost anywhere in the US. There is sometimes a small fee for this service.
Photo below of Oxbow Bend, and the mist we typically kayak out into in the morning, by Fred Hanselmann
http://www.hanselmannphotography.com/Pictures_of_the_tetons.html)
Before a trip to the Tetons, borrow these from the library:
The Story Behind the Scenery has basic and detailed geology infomation. They wrote one for each of the major National Parks, including Grand Teton and Yellowstone.
Grand Teton National Park: - Where Lightning Walks is a large format photo album. Photographs by Pat O'Hara, Text by Tim McNulty
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Wapiti Wilderness, by Margaret and Olaus Murie, pen-and-ink drawings by Olaus Murie, is their tale of living in the Tetons wilderness, where Olaus conducted studies of elk and other wildlife that in effect sometimes became a part of their household. It includes stories of pioneers, with detailed exerpts from the diaries and letters of Beaver Dick Leigh. If you know how to read a topographical map you can find Olaus's "place of enchantment" where the ouzel is the "very spirit of the place."
If you like it, also read Two In The Far North about their previous work and adventures in Alaska.
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One Day at Teton Marsh, by Sally Carrighar, builds a drama around the lives of beavers, moose, birds, ducks, and even a mosquito.
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To help plan when to have Tetons trips, try
For Everything There is a Season, a week by week chronicle of the sequence of events (blooming, birthing, weather, etc.) in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area by Frank C. Craighead, Jr.
A Guide to Exploring Grand Teton National Park (RNM Press) was written by Ranger naturalist(s) Olson and Bywater.
We bring the Colter Bay map and trail guide and the Cascade Canyon map and trail guide along with the U.S.G.S. topographical maps.
They have lots of info about birds, wildlife, trees and wildflowers as well as a basic map with trail distances.
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Plants of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, by Richard J. Shaw has most of them. The photo of the Lady's thumb knotweed (an aquatic plant) we saw blooming on the edges of some lakes in September, giving the impression of a pink mist floating on the water, isn't half as pretty in the book as in real life.
 
At Cascade Canyon wildflowers you'll find pictures of Penstemon, Silky Phacelia, Western Serviceberry, Cascade Mountain Ash and Columbine in June and fall colors of Asters, Mountian Ash and Aspen in September.
Plants of the Rocky Mountains (Kershaw, MacKinnon, Pojar) has more pictures than most field guides, including spring/fall and or close ups and general pictures. The start of the wildflowers section has a collage, by color, of all the ones described with page numbers to find larger pictures and read details.
One favorite Rocky Mountains field guide to flowers, trees, fish, birds, mammals and more is The National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Rocky Mountain States.(Peter Alden) We also use Rocky Mountain Wildflowers (Mountaineers Books).
Our copy of A Guide to Field Identification - Birds of North America is well worn and we also use Field Guide to Birds, Western Region (Little, Brown), as well as the three volume Audubon Society Master Guide to Birding.
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 The Grand Teton Association has most of the above books for sale, and lots more to tempt you.
http://www.grandtetonpark.org/
They will accept your Yosemite Association card for a discount by mail or in the Tetons visitor centers.
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ONLINE
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National Wildife Federation field guides
Rocky Mountains birds
http://www.enature.com/search/show_search_advStandard.asp?curGroupID=1&range=1014
beavers:
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5&range=1014&display=2&curPageNum=68&recnum=MA0072
black bears:
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5&range=1014&display=2&curPageNum=98&recnum=MA0013
grizzly bears
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5&range=1014&display=2&curPageNum=100&recnum=MA0157
river otters
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5&range=1014&display=2&curPageNum=105&recnum=MA0031
moose
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5&range=1014&display=2&curPageNum=128&recnum=MA0043
elk
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5&range=1014&display=2&curPageNum=129&recnum=MA0044
coyote
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5&range=1014&display=2&curPageNum=92&recnum=MA0018
raccoon
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesADVSTD.asp?curGroupID=5
pronghorn
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=5&shapeID=1033&curPageNum=13&recnum=MA0048
marten
http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesSH.asp?curGroupID=5&shapeID=1032&curPageNum=2&recnum=MA0032
trumpeter swan
enature trumpeter swan
Canada goose
enature Canada goose
Bald eagle
ENature Bald eagle
Muskrat
enature muskrat
pika
enature pika
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There's a great page about beavers at:
http://www.nps.gov/dewa/Kids/MJH/kidBEAVR.html
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The Smithsonian Institution Online museum has: Tracking the Buffalo, Stories from a Buffalo Hide Painting
"In the use of the bow we had to become very skillful, for in my days of boyhood it was the means of getting all our food, mainly the buffalo. It not only took a skillful man, but a brave one, to face a herd of buffalo with nothing but a trusty bow and a quiver full of arrows". Luther Standing Bear (Lakota Sioux), 1931
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/buffalo/index.html
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Clark: "...bison were so numerous and loud that the men had difficulty sleeping."
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
Table of Contents is at:
http://lewisandclark.state.mt.us/Journals/
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campfire tales of Jackson Hole (history)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/grte/contents.htm
A Place Called Jackson Hole
A Historic Resource Study of Grand Teton National Park
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/grte2/hrs.htm
Grand Teton geology fieldnotes http:/www.nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/grte/
The Grand Tetons National park publications page is at:
http://www.nps.gov/grte/pubs/pubs.htm
with brochures on:
Accessibility,
Backcountry Camping (Etiquette, regulations, permits, and trip planning),
Bicycling
(Biking and mountain biking regulations),
Bird-Finding Guide
(A checklist and suggested viewing locations),
Boating
(Permits, regulations, and safety suggestions),
Concessions,
Common Plants
(A checklist of plants and a listing of flowering times),
Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing
(Winter travel suggestions and common routes),
Day Hikes
(Abbreviated trail descriptions and mileages),
Elk Ecology and Management
(The natural history of elk in Jackson Hole),
Fishing
(Fishing regulations, seasons, and limits),
Floating the Snake River
(Includes river mileages, average times, put-in and take-out points, difficulty ratings, and safety suggestions),
Journey Through the Past
(A synopsis of the geology of the park),
Lakeshore Trails,
Mammal-Finding Guide
(A checklist of mammals and habitats),
Mountaineering,
Snowmobiling
(Snowmobiling regulations, suggestions, and routes),
Saddle and Pack Stock
(Regulations, loading/unloading areas, and suggestions).
Teewinot, the park newspaper, is at: http://www.nps.gov/grte/pubs/newspaper/teewinot.htm
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A place called Jackson Hole
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/grte2/hrs.htm
is a Grand Teton Historic Resource Study
Including chapters about prehistoric peoples; fur trappers;
explorers and scientists; prospectors and miners;
pioneers; homesteading, cattle ranchers
dude wranglers, tourists and conservationists.
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A National Public Radio program about Mardy Murie is at:
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_860015.html
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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a section on North American mammals with a searchable database at:
http://web4.si.edu/mna/main.cfm
You can create your own printable field guide
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http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/allaboutbirds/
How to ID Birds Learn some of the secrets of bird identification using silhouettes, posture, flight pattern, size and habitat, in addition to key field marks.
Where to Bird, Bird Guide, Gear Guid, Attracting Birds, Conservation Links
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http://www.naturesound.com/corepage/core.html
Featuring the Sounds of
Birds, Frogs, Mammals, and Insects
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http://www.enaturalist.org/index.php
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is a national, non-profit nature education organization with headquarters in Jamestown, New York, birthplace of world renowned artist and naturalist, Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996). Our mission is to create passion for and knowledge of the natural world in the hearts and minds of children by inspiring and guiding the study of nature in our schools and communities.
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http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp
The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wild lands and the human role in their future.
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http://www.otternet.com/index.htm
Otternet is the largest resource on the Internet for otter information. We have in-depth species profiles giving you tons of information on all 13 species of otter. We also have habitat overviews for the five continents otters live on; there you can find which otters live in each country, what the threats to them are, and their conservation status.
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http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/
Bald eagle feeding habits, nesting & young, feathers, eyesight
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Greater Yellowstone Bibliography with over 28,900 citations (U of Wyoming) http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/db/ynp/
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You can read the chapter THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK from the book Our National Parks, by John Muir
at: http://www.abovecalifornia.com/lib/JohnMuir/NationalParks/02.shtml
National Park Service on-line books
Glimpses of Our
National Parks
Histories of various National Parks are at:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/park_histories/index.htm
Grand Tetons chapter is at:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/glimpses1/glimpses21.htm
Yellowstone chapter is at:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/glimpses1/glimpses3.htm
Yellowstone National Park,
Its Exploration and Establishment,
by Aubrey L. Haines (with original water colors by Thomas Moran),
starts at:
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/haines1/index.htm
The diary of artist Thomas Moran is at:
http://www.nps.gov/yell/technical/museum/morandiary/index.htm
FAUNA OF THE NATIONAL PARKS OF THE UNITED STATES
ECOLOGY OF THE COYOTE IN THE YELLOWSTONE By ADOLPH MURIE
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/fauna4/fauna.htm
Yellowstone in the Afterglow, about the effects of the 1988 fire
http://www.nps.gov/yell/publications/pdfs/fire/htmls/intro.htm
A Collection of Historic Yellowstone Photographs Featuring Park Geology
http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/yellowstone2/index.html
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See also Yellowstone
For info about the next Outdoor Club Grand Tetons trip go to Grand Tetons
Grand Tetons trip pages index has brief descriptions of most of the pages about the trip.
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