The Teton River has flowed through our valley for millennia. Its waters provide pristine wildlife habitat, are critically important for our regional economy, allow for world-class recreation opportunities and are a vital link between people and the local environment.

But as beautiful and iconic as the river is, it hasn’t always been the healthiest. in 2010, a number of organizations and people in Teton Valley decided to come together and improve the quality of life on the Upper Teton River.

The Story of a River.

The Teton River is one of Teton Valley’s most utilized assets on both a recreational and agricultural level, and has seen a dramatic increase in use as the area population has steadily grown. The Driggs, ID based nonprofit Friends of the Teton River has dedicated its mission to preserving this valuable asset, and approached Cultivate to help them tell the story of a riverfront renewal effort in high traffic recreational area, the Buxton Riverfront park (or as locals like to call it, “the Bates put-in”).

Due to years of neglect, animal overgrazing upstream and the trampling of native plants, the area of the river had an erosion and sentiment problem, which lead to a widening of the riverbanks and decrease in healthy marine population, including the native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.

The Solution.

Friends of the Teton River partnered with a number of other organizations to begin addressing these issues. Through a number of studies and implemented techniques, they began the process of stabilizing the riverbanks and restoring the natural plant habitat.

This was a lengthy process that involved many local organizations and was made possible by grant funding.

The Education.

Cultivate set out on a process of imagining what the storytelling elements could be through a series of physical kiosks placed along the riverfront walking path, as well as a digital storymap component that would live in the FTR website. The goal was to give regular visitors a sense of all that took place to restore this beautiful and highly used area.

Through many rounds of brainstorming, concepting, writing, the commisioning of illustrations and final design and production, a series of kiosks were produced that told the story of the riverfront restoration in clear enough way that an 8th grader could understand.

Digital Microsite.

Cultivate also created a fully interactive digital microsite that told the same restoration story, and that lives permanently on the FTR website.

The Teton River has flowed through our valley for millennia. Its waters provide pristine wildlife habitat, are critically important for our regional economy, allow for world-class recreation opportunities and are a vital link between people and the local environment.

The Story of a River.

The Solution.

The Education.

Digital Microsite.

Let’s collaborate >

Jackson Hole, WY
Teton Valley, ID

The Teton River has flowed through our valley for millennia. Its waters provide pristine wildlife habitat, are critically important for our regional economy, allow for world-class recreation opportunities and are a vital link between people and the local environment.

The Story of a River.

The Solution.

The Education.

Digital Microsite.

Let’s collaborate >

Jackson Hole, WY Teton Valley, ID

Jackson Hole, WY
Teton Valley, ID