District 9

Teton, Sublette, and Fremont Counties

Jackson Hole Wetlands III

March 2020. Wetland restoration and beaver relocation to provide open and easily accessible water sources to increase resident and migrating wildlife in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Teton County.


Total Project Cost: $36,300WWNRT Funded: $15,000Sponsor: Wyoming Wetland Society

Munger Mountain II

March 2020. Conservation easement on approximately 146 acres in Teton County.


Total Project Cost: $12,512,500WWNRT Funded: $150,000Sponsor: The Conservation Fund

Horse Creek Fence

March 2020. Removal and replacement of stock fence with wildlife-friendly pole top fence to allow wildlife to cross without injury in the Gros Ventre Range, Teton County.


Total Project Cost: $179,820WWNRT Funded: $30,000Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish

Upper Gros Ventre Aspen

March 2020. Prescribed fire through mechanical treatment to reduce fuel loads and improve habitat for ungulates, enhance aspen communities, and increase nutritional quality of forage in the Upper Gros Ventre area in Teton County.


Total Project Cost: $124,980WWNRT Funded: $23,120Sponsor: Wyoming Game and Fish Commission

South Teton Cheatgrass

March 2020. Chemical treatment to reduce and eliminate infestations of invasive cheatgrass on the National Elk Refuge, Bridger-Teton National Forest in Teton County.


Total Project Cost: $342,750WWNRT Funded: $50,000Sponsor: Teton County Weed and Pest

Bridger Teton RX

March 2020. Project will utilize mechanical treatment and prescribed fire to remove invasive conifers and reduce fuel loading concentrations, reduce ignitions and fire spread on U.S. Forest Service lands in Teton County.


Total Project Cost: $361,190WWNRT Funded: $73,190Sponsor: U.S. Forest Service, Bridger-Teton National Forest

Popo Agie River - Hudson

March 2020. Reconstruction and restoration of portions of the Little Popo Agie River by realigning the riverbank, providing bank sabilization, improved riparian habitat and fisheries, and reconnection of the flood plain in Fremont County.


Total Project Cost: $514,469WWNRT Funded: $185,000Sponsor: Popo Agie Conservation District

Ryegrass Riparian

March 2020. Restoration and enhancement including construction of irrigation diversion structures, reconnection of channels, raising water table to improve wetlands to reinvigorate riparian vegetation and improve aquatic habitat in the North Cottonwood Creek, Sublette County.


Total Project Cost: $894,000WWNRT Funded: $150,000Sponsor: Trout Unlimited

Hill Creek RX

March 2020. Prescribed fire and associated treatment, re-seeding, and invasive species control in Teton County.


Total Project Cost: $358,200WWNRT Funded: $40,000Sponsor: USFS - Caribou-Targhee National Forest - Teton Basin Ranger District