Jackson Hole Too Rich for Feds?

The Forest Service is thinking about moving its Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor's Office out of Jackson, Wyo. The reason? Its employees can't afford to live in the town, the Jackson Hole Star-Tribune reports. With no homes available for under $500,000, "housing is currently priced out of the market for most federal employees," a Forest Service official wrote in a recent memo. The agency is looking at pulling up stakes and moving to a less expensive town nearby. That has local residents concerned, the paper reports, because "employees of the Bridger-Teton make up a healthy chunk of volunteers for the county. They are volunteer firefighters, Rotarians, Garden Club members, arts supporters, pathway advocates, volunteer ski patrollers and sports coaches and debate team judges."