Habitat & Water Improvements

Discover boots-on-the-ground projects to get involved with in Wyoming

Outdoor opportunities would mean nothing without clean water and intact landscapes. Our vision is a Wyoming with clean water and healthy habitat to help support the wildlife and fish species that depend on them. We work for policy and management initiatives that benefit the species, habitats, and people of Wyoming through protecting the land and water resources that are the foundations to healthy wildlife populations and a strong, sustainable economy.

The Federation has doubled down on landscape connectivity by putting boots on the ground directly to benefit wildlife. This work includes fence pulls and modifications, beaver dam analog projects, feral horse exclosures, fishing access area improvements, and much more.

The Wyoming Wildlife Federation is looking for suggested projects to improve habitat for wildlife and our members along the eastern half of Wyoming, as well. If you or someone you know has an idea for a project, please contact the Wyoming Wildlife Federation at info@wyomingwildlife.org

Upcoming Habitat Projects

Fremont County Fence Removal Project - Torrey Rim

Saturday - July 19, 2025

We’re pulling some barbed-wire fence above Torrey Rim to benefit the Whiskey Mountain herd and would love some help! It’s a relatively small project (1/3 mile of fence) but occurs in crucial winter range and will benefit the herd. Please note - you must register to join so we can get a proper count of folks and distribute more information to you via e-mail.

What

~1/3 mile of old barb wire just above Torrey Rim on the Shoshone National Forest in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness.

Where

Meet at Bighorn Sheep Center in Dubois @ 09:00 (10 Bighorn Ln, Dubois, WY 82513)

Who

Looking for max 20 volunteers - please register below if you would like to join!

What to bring

Sturdy footwear, long pants/shirt, eye protection, work gloves, sunscreen, food, and plenty of water.

Note that access to Torrey Rim requires high clearance 4WD or UTVs to drive up a steep, rocky road. Forest Service will have space for up to 8 folks who need a ride. Getting to the fence requires a short, but steep hike. Some fence sections are on relatively flat ground, but some are in steep terrain that will require a small crew of sturdy

Partners: Bowhunters of Wyoming, Red Canyon Chapter of RMEF, and Shoshone National Forest

Check out photos from the event here.

Strawberry Meadow Zeedyk Project

September 5 + 6  |  Atlantic City, WY

In partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, we are conducting a habitat project on Strawberry Meadow, a drainage of Strawberry Creek, east of Atlantic City. We'll be building Zeedyk structures to help reduce erosion, keep water on the landscape longer, and enhance the foraging for wildlife. Volunteers will be helping to move rocks and build structures!

Check out photos from the event here.

Bitterbrush Seed Planting

October 28, 2025  |  Fremont County

Join the BLM Lander Field Office for a hands-on habitat restoration project on public lands along Bunker Road, where we’ll be planting bitterbrush to improve crucial winter range for mule deer. This native shrub is a highly nutritious forage source that helps sustain mule deer and elk through Wyoming’s harsh winters. We'll be planting out the seeds collected by WWF and other volunteers last summer at the 2024 Red Canyon bitterbrush seed collection event; come help make this project go full-circle. Please RSVP to Emma Freeland at efreeland@blm.gov if you plan to attend. 
Date: Wednesday October 22, 2025
Location: Meet at BLM Lander Field Office, 1335 Main St., Lander WY. We will caravan to the field site approximately 20 minutes away on 4wd roads.
Time: 8:00 am - noon
What to Bring: Gloves, sturdy boots, water, snacks, sun protection 

Green River Access Project  | IN PROGRESS

Since access is currently limited to a few points of entry, fishermen and guide services congest and heavily impact the area, leading to waste pollution due to a lack of outhouses, soil erosion from boats and vehicles, dense human presence that drives wildlife away from the area, and acute over-fishing. Improving access in these areas is good for the fishery and riparian area that’s so important in this part of Wyoming.

Sagebrush Planting

October 2025  | Gas Hills; Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Land

More information to come soon!

Completed Habitat Projects

Jackson Ramsay and Nick Walrath

Trout Creek Beaver Dam Analogs

Little Mountain, WY | May 12-14, 2022

Beaver dam analogs (BDAs) are crucial in fighting bank erosion, fast run-off during drought years, improve riparian vegetation, and help promote more beaver to build deeper pools of water that are good for native cutthroat trout. Over 60 people built 40 BDAs to help the flows of the Trout Creek near Little Mountain with this project.

Photo of author, and WWF Executive Director, Joy Bannon removing staples after climbing the woven wire.

Shoshone National Forest Fence Removal

Dubois, WY | July 24, 2022

This was a joint project with our partners at Red Canyon Chapter of RMEF, Bowhunters of Wyoming, Shoshone National Forest, and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.

For this project, volunteers climbed the lower rungs of the woven wire to remove the top wires of the 8-foot fence (you can see our ED Joy doing this), and then worked their way down to pull all 21 staples from each post. This old fence is a major hinderance for critters getting around, no more!

Working Green River Access

Green River Access Project

Green River, WY | October 2022

Since access is currently limited to a few points of entry, fishermen and guide services congest and heavily impact the area, leading to waste pollution due to a lack of outhouses, soil erosion from boats and vehicles, dense human presence that drives wildlife away from the area, and acute over-fishing. WWF began installing two access points while working with a contractor in the area to improve this habitat and access.

Fence Posts Stack

Arlington Fence Removal

Pinedale, WY | June 12, 2021

Located on the northern end of the Snowy Range, this project included taking down a mile of woven sheep fence with another four strands of barb wire on top of the woven wire, as well as taking out all posts and poles to improve movement for wildlife in the area.

Installing Let Down Fencing

Jonah Field Fence Improvement

Pinedale, WY | August 6, 2021

The Federation teamed up with the folks from Jonah Energy for a field day on August 6, 2021 to add clips to the existing fences in the area. This project modified four miles of the non-wildlife friendly fence into a wildlife-friendly fence. The lower wire can now be lifted higher off the ground in times when the allotments are not in use to make it easier for the Sublette pronghorn herd to get across the landscape for migration.

UTV_Dog_Fence

La Barge Let-down Fence Project

La Barge, WY | July 18, 2020

The Wyoming Wildlife Federation joined with local landowners at the Diamond H, and members of SOS Well Services to install let-down fencing on the La Barge livestock common allotment. The fencing is laid down to improve migration movements for deer and elk.

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