Habitat and Water Resources News

Volunteer pulling Fence

Volunteers Needed: Fence Removal Near Dubois

Local hunting and angling nonprofits – the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, the Red Canyon Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Bowhunters of Wyoming – are looking for volunteers to remove fence on Saturday, July 30, 2022, near Dubois, WY. The Fremont County fence removal project is the Wyoming Wildlife Federation’s longest-running project where volunteers …

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Beaver Dam Analog Building Wide View

New Beaver Dams Help Parched Landscape

Last weekend, the parched pasturelands near Little Mountain got a bit of help from nature’s original flood irrigators: beaver dams. These beaver dams were not built with teeth and tails, however. Over 70 different volunteers, agencies, nonprofit workers, businesses, and others all gathered on the Ramsay Ranch, where big head-cut banks line Trout Creek, to …

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Beaver Chew Log

Ecosystem Engineers: A residential dispute on dry land

I spoke with Jenny, an artist and Lander resident who has horses that rely on the river running through their pasture for water. Last year a beaver decided that this stretch of river was fantastic habitat and started building a dam. At first, Jenny was not too bothered. In fact, she was curious. She felt …

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