District 5

Park, Big Horn, Washakie, and Hot Springs Counties

Absaroka Aspen Enhancement

Removes encroaching conifers and helps to re-establish aspen and sagebrush habitats.


Total Project Cost: $23,5000WWNRT Funded: $8,700Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation




Brokenback Aspen Enhancement

Removes encroaching conifers and helps to re-establish aspen, grassland, and sagebrush habitats.


Total Project Cost: $14,000WWNRT Funded: $6,000Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation




Devil's Canyon Bighorn Sheep Enhancement

Prescribed fire and water developments to enhance Bighorn sheep, elk, Mule deer, and Sage grouse, as well as livestock management.


Total Project Cost: $48,100WWNRT Funded: $10,000Sponsor: BLM Cody Field Office




Gooseberry Creek Watershed

Conservation easements on three large ranches will restrict development on 4,718 acres and up to 65 miles of stream corridor.


Total Project Cost: $1,129,455WWNRT Funded: $160,000Sponsor: Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust

Mountain Allotment Prescribed Fire

Removes encroaching conifers and helps to re-establish aspen, grassland, and sagebrush habitats.


Total Project Cost: $25,200WWNRT Funded: $4,000Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundationn

North Gooseberry Water Enhancement

Restores upland water storage and provides aquatic habitat.


Total Project Cost: $7,415WWNRT Funded: $3,240Sponsor: Guardians of the Range




North Fork Prescribed Fire

Removes encroaching conifers and helps maintain and expand crucial winter habitat for Bighorn sheep, elk, and Mule deer.


Total Project Cost: $157,250WWNRT Funded: $50,000Sponsor: Shoshone National Forest



Trout Creek

Enhances habitats and restricts fish loss for Yellowstone Cutthroat trout in a major tributary of the North Fork of the Clark’s Fork River.


Total Project Cost: $96,300

WWNRT Funded: $38,550

Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish Department





Upper Grass Creek Prescribed Fire

Removes encroaching conifers and helps to re-establish aspen, grassland, and sagebrush habitats.


Total Project Cost: $57,000WWNRT Funded: $20,000Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Park County Weed II

Aggressive control of invasive species, including houndstongue, spotted knapweed, Canada thistle, and Dalmation toadflax in areas in Park county that are highly used by wildlife.


Total Project Cost: $306,880WWNRT Funded: $50,000Sponsor: Park County Weed and Pest