District 1 (Laramie County) Pole Mountain Vegetation March 2016. Mechanical treatment and prescribed fire to remove invasive conifer and chemical treatment to eradicate invasive cheatgrass. Total Project Cost: $202,886 WWNRT Funded: $53,750 Sponsor: US Forest Service, Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest __________________________________________________________________________________ South Laramie Range Enhancement Total Project Cost: $175,000 WWNRT Funded: $65,000 Sponsor: Laramie County Conservation District Crow Creek Restoration June 2007. Project will restore wetland function and enhance riparian habitats on Crow Creek southeast of Cheyenne. Total Project Cost: $57,750 WWNRT Funded: $20,000 Sponsor: Laramie County Conservation District Curt Gowdy State Park Water Development Improves water resources for livestock and wildlife, including a local elk herd, mule deer, and turkeys. Total Project Cost: $5,000 WWNRT Request: $750 WWNRT Funded: $750 Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Belvoir Ranch December 2006. Planning for comprehensive rangeland and wildlife enhancements on 22,000 acres of native grassland near Cheyenne. Total Project Cost: $140,000 WWNRT Funded: $40,000 Sponsor: City of Cheyenne Jessen Wildlife Enhancement December 2006. Water development and shrub planting to establish habitat for game birds, including prairie grouse and songbirds. Total Project Cost: $16,850 WWNRT Funded: $6,000 Sponsor: Laramie County Conservation District Wildlife Escape Ramps II Installation of approx. 2,500 escape ramps retro-fitted into existing livestock and wildlife water tanks throughout Wyoming. Total Project Cost: $241,600 WWNRT Funded: $79,987.65 Sponsor: Niobrara Conservation District Iron Mountain Rx Rangeland enhancement through prescribed fire and other appropriate treatments on native rangelands in southeastern Wyoming Total Project Cost: $135,800 WWNRT Funded: $25,000 Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish Green Conservation Easement Conservation of a large landscape through the placement of a permanent conservation easement Total Project Cost: $823,500 WWNRT Funded: $190,000 Sponsor: The Nature Conservancy Emmanuel Farms Wetland Stream habitat improvements and diversion to create approximately five acres of shallow wetlands on the lower reaches of Crow Creek. Total Project Cost: $87,106 WWNRT Funded: $28,000 Sponsor: Laramie County Conservation District Jawbone Gulch Conservation Easement Purchase of conservation easement on approximately 560 acres of private land in Laramie County, WY Total Project Cost: $1,167,860 WWNRT Funded: $195,000 Sponsor: Laramie Wyoming Stock Growers Ag Land Trust |