District 5

Park, Big Horn, Washakie, and Hot Springs Counties

Thunder Basin Grassland II

Watershed and rangeland enhancement program on approx. 2,750 acres in northeastern Wyoming, specifically to maintain and enhance native vegetation through removal of invasive species and rangeland enhancements, including mechanical treatment, prescribed fire, grazing management and water development


Total Project Cost: $1,950,000WWNRT Funded: $110,000Sponsor: Thunder Basin Grassland Prairie Ecosystem Association

Renner Cheatgrass Control

Elimination of invasive cheatgrass on upper unit of the Renner Wildlife Unit in Big Horn and Washakie counties.


Total Project Cost: $33,000WWNRT Funded: $8,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Heart Mountain Aspen

Fence removal, replacement and aspen cutting and enhancement on Heart Mountain in northern Wyoming.


Total Project Cost: $45,000WWNRT Funded: $20,000Sponsor: The Nature Conservancy




Open Lock Wetland

Wetland development, including deep and shallow water saline wetlands in Hot Springs County


Total Project Cost: $88,431WWNRT Funded: $21,489Sponsor: Hot Springs County Conservation District

Hazen Draw

Wetland development, water development and associated fencing and infrastructure in an area of high value to season-long and wintering mule deer and other species in central Hot Springs County


Total Project Cost: $37,500WWNRT Funded: $17,000Sponsor: Hot Springs County Weed and Pest District

Shoshone Clarks Fork II

Continuation of efforts to eradicate invasive salt cedar and Russian olive on the main stem of the Shoshone and Clarks Fork Rivers in Park County, including mechanical and chemical removal of invasives, with subsequent revegetation, in coordination with Park County Weed and Pest District.


Total Project Cost: $633,000WWNRT Funded: $195,000Sponsor: The Nature Conservancy

McCullough Peaks H2O

Water development and associated pipeline and infrastructure to supply water for wildlife, horses and livestock


Total Project Cost: $266,186WWNRT Funded: $25,648.85Sponsor: Friends of a Legacy (FOAL)




Timber Creek II Modification

Placement of fish screening structures on two major irrigation systems within the Greybull River drainage


Total Project Cost: $584,661WWNRT Funded: $68,261Sponsor: Trout Unlimited

Dick Creek Aspen

Restore approximately 178 acres of aspen and riparian stands in the Dick Creek area of the Greybull Ranger District, Shoshone National Forest


Total Project Cost: $55,250WWNRT Funded: $20,000Sponsor: U.S. Forest Service

Black Mountain Juniper

Terrestrial habitat enhancement by removal of invasive conifers in an area of high importance for mule deer and elk


Total Project Cost: $82,750WWNRT Funded: $30,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish