As visitation to Grand Teton National Park continues to swell, there’s no way demand can be met without federal money for basic infrastructure such as working toilets, the park’s top official told a congressional committee Friday.

At issue is whether to renew funding for a backlog of maintenance and infrastructure through the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), which expires this month.

The act’s Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF) authorized $1.9 billion per year for five years. That includes $1.3 billion for the National Park Service, and the rest for other federal land-management agencies.

Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Chip Jenkins repeatedly mentioned Colter Bay as being in dire need of money during Friday's Wyoming field hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Natural

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