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Wyoming Conservation Projects

	WYOMING WETLAND PROJECT PROMOTES CLEAN WATER Two overwhelming factors in promoting a healthy, sustainable fish population in any lake or river are clean water and the environmental education of people living throughout the watershed. Thanks to support from Wildlife Forever, a project near Fish Creek in the Jackson Hole area of Wyoming has provided both. The project was designed to create opportunities for public education and recreation. The eight-acre site contains an open-water pond with extensive shallow wetlands, which support numerous populations of important aquatic species, plus raptors, shorebirds, and other wildlife. In addition, the site is being used to increase the public’s knowledge of the role wetlands play in providing clean water for America’s fisheries, through informational signage placed along a nature trail and the construction of a viewing platform.
	INFORMATION AIDS WILD SHEEP ENTHUSIASTS Visitors at the National Bighorn Sheep Interpretive Center in Dubois, Wyoming are receiving accurate and timely information about local bighorn sheep herds thanks to support from Wildlife Forever. More than 10,000 wildlife watchers visit the center annually, and many ask where they can travel to view wildlife. A kiosk is allowing wildlife watchers a place to leisurely read about recent sightings of local bighorn sheep herds and other wildlife. A bulletin board at the kiosk provides information about road closures and access, improvement projects, hunting seasons, and safety information about traveling in bear county.
	REPAIRING THE LITTLE BIGHORN AND SOUTH TONGUE RIVERS The Little Bighorn and South Tongue rivers were historically high-quality trout streams with vast numbers of rainbows, browns, brookies and Yellowstone cutthroat. However, their fish populations were cast into jeopardy when grazing cattle damaged delicate streambanks, causing siltation that reduced oxygen levels and filled deep pools. Your support is in part responsible for returning these fisheries back to their glory. Once the cattle were prevented from reaching the rivers, eroded shorelines were replanted and stabilized with rock. Workers and volunteers then created new pools at 40 sites on the Little Bighorn and at nearly 50 locations on the South Tongue. These changes provided the necessary habitat to encourage natural reproductions of wild brown and brook trout.