District 9

Teton, Sublette, and Fremont Counties

Woolery Ranch Conservation Easement

Purchase of conservation easement on approximately 3,602 acres of private land on Beaver Creek in Fremont County, WY


Total Project Cost: $968,150WWNRT Funded: $195,000Sponsor: Wyoming Stock Growers Ag Land Trust

Tolton Ranch Conservation Easement

Purchase of conservation easement on approximately 1,400 acres of private land near Big Piney, in Sublette County, WY


Total Project Cost: $1,018,150WWNRT Funded: $195,000Sponsor: Wyoming Stock Growers Ag Land Trust

Sinks Canyon Fire Rehab

Reclamation and restoration of wildfire damage, primarily through experimental methods, including chemical treatment, mechanical treatment, reseeding and soil amentment in Sinks Canyon of the Popo Agie River near Lander, in central Fremont County


Total Project Cost: $55,500WWNRT Funded: $20,000Sponsor: Popo Agie Conservation District

Middle Piney Creek

Diversion structure an associated stream enhancements to prevent entrainment of native and non-natie fish in Middle Piney Creek, near the town of Big Piney, WY


Total Project Cost: $27,125WWNRT Funded: $10,000Sponsor: Trout Unlimited

Fremont Lake Mule Deer

Conservation of a major migration route for mule deer through the purchase of the actual corridor, habitat enhancement, and subsequent fence modification and relocation for the purpose of habitat and migration enhancement.


Total Project Cost: $1,901,000WWNRT Funded: $160,000Sponsor: The Conservation Fund

Neonatal Mule Deer II

Research and vegetation inventory on native rangelands through mule deer collaring and recapture to evaluate animal condition, diets, survival rates and other data in an area of critical importance for mule deer in Wyoming.


Total Project Cost: $489,461WWNRT Funded: $131,000Sponsor: University of Wyoming Coop

Human-Grizzly Conflict

Placement of bear-resistant food storage containers in areas of high potential for human and Grizzly bear conflict


Total Project Cost: $173,717WWNRT Funded: $33,749Sponsor: Greater Yellowstone Coalition

South Pass Aspen II

Terrestrial habitat enhancement by aggressive treatment for invasive conifer species by fire, mechanical and chemical treatments.


Total Project Cost: $551,500WWNRT Funded: $250,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Lander Front Mule Deer

Watershed enhancement program on approximately 13,700 acres in Fremont county for enhancement of sagebrush communities, treatment of encroaching juniper through chemical and mechanical means and prescribed fire , revegetation and rangeland improvements through seeding, mechanical treatment, and alternative grazing strategies, including removal of livestock to other locations and fencing.


Total Project Cost: $479,700WWNRT Funded: $230,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Wyoming Front Aspen

Aspen stands management including mechanical and hand removal of conifers to reduce conifer dominance, improve wildlife habitat interspersion and ecological function.


Total Project Cost: $459,000WWNRT Funded: $100,000Sponsor: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation