District 8

Niobrara, Goshen, Platte, and Converse Counties



South Laramie Range Prescribed Fire

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


Total Project Cost: $85,000WWNRT Funded: $15,000Sponsor: Platte County Natural Resource District




SE Wyoming Guzzlers

Develops water to maintain and increase turkey, pheasant, and sharptail grouse.


Total Project Cost: $45,000WWNRT Funded: $15,000Sponsor: Pheasants Forever

Goshen Weed and Pest

Program to implement an Integrated Pest Management plan to contain and control the spread of noxious and invasive weed species in southern Goshen county.


Total Project Cost: $286,000WWNRT Funded: $50,000Sponsor: Goshen County Weed and Pest District

Douglas Wildfire Restoration

Rangeland enhancement through the use of reseeding, soil chemistry enhancements, chemical, mechanical and other treatments of invasives to restore native plants communities in northern Converse County, WY


Total Project Cost: $178,200WWNRT Funded: $30,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Table Mountain WHMA

Wetland habitat enhancement and water management improvement on the Table Mountain Wildlife Habitat Management Unit in Goshen County, WY


Total Project Cost: $295,245WWNRT Funded: $60,700Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Rawhide Russian Olive II

Wildlife habitat enhancement through removal of invasive Russian Olive, saltcedar and cheatgrass on the Rawhide Unit in Goshen County.


Total Project Cost: $63,600WWNRT Funded: $27,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Goshen Weed and Pest II

Platte River Russian Olive and Salt Cedar Management


Total Project Cost: $160,000WWNRT Funded: $50,000Sponsor: Goshen County Weed and Pest District

North Laramie Range III

Prescribed burn to reduce hazardous fuel loads by more than 60% within mechanically treated Aspen stands immediately post burn and stimulate Aspen regeneration through suckering.


Total Project Cost: $465,020WWNRT Funded: $340,020Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Bates Creek - North Laramie V

Continuation of watershed enhancement project on approximately 20,000 acres in southern Natrona County and southern Converse County to remove encroaching conifers through mechanical means and prescribed fire, and for revegetation and rangeland improvements through alternative grazing strategies, including removal of livestock to other locations, and fencing.


Total Project Cost: $1,005,975WWNRT Funded: $300,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Table Mountain Water II

Wetland augmentation and water management on a large wetland system in eastern Goshen County through water delivery systems, and water management infrastructure


Total Project Cost: $521,230WWNRT Funded: $264,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Converse Invasives I

Rangeland enhancement through the use of prescribed fire, chemical, mechanical and other treatment of sagebrush and other native plants in northern Converse County, WY


Total Project Cost: $386,290WWNRT Funded: $120,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Wapiti Ridge Conservation Easement (Platte)

Permanent conservation easement on approximately 2,080 acres of private land in Platte County, WY


Total Project Cost: $1,252,500WWNRT Funded: $300,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Laramie Range 2013

Watershed enhancement through fire, chemical, mechanical and other treatment of invasive native conifers, sagebrush and other native plants in southern Converse County, WY


Total Project Cost: $332,350WWNRT Funded: $200,550Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish