For nearly 14 hours, Jordan Carroll followed Marie McClaren and a Peruvian sheepherder named Frank across the range near Kemmerer as they cared for a flock during lambing. Carroll even found himself on horseback for more than 12 hours after [...]
Wet meadow restoration is slowing water, building resilience, and helping a critical resource remain on the landscape longer. In a year defined by severe drought, water has become a rare sight across much of Sheridan County. Yet along [...]
Sheridan Community Land Trust (SCLT) is partnering with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) to provide a new, carefully managed public hunting opportunity at the SCLT Big Goose Natural Area (BGNA) through the Access Yes program. For most [...]
A huge thank you goes out to the 15 volunteers and partner organizations who helped remove more than two miles of old woven wire and barbed wire fence during the recent Freezeout Stock Driveway fence removal project. Volunteers worked [...]
For nearly a century, the Masters family has grazed cattle in the Bighorn Mountains while caring for the land and resources that sustain them. Now, they’re testing whether a new tool can help them do it with greater precision. A [...]
Thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers, a new shelterbelt of native trees and shrubs is now taking root at the SCLT Big Goose Natural Area (BGNA). On Monday, volunteers worked together to plant cottonwoods and buffaloberries in the shelterbelt [...]
A new piece of equipment will help accelerate wildlife-friendly fencing efforts across the region, thanks to recent support from dedicated conservation partners. The Sheridan Community Land Trust (SCLT) has acquired a wire winder using a $7,500 grant from Bowhunters of [...]
A major barrier to virtual fencing on public lands may be disappearing, and a Bighorn ranching family is helping test what that could mean in practice. Sheridan Community Land Trust is partnering with the Masters family and Halter to pilot [...]
The Sheridan Community Land Trust (SCLT) has received a meaningful boost for its ongoing stream restoration work, thanks to the success of the Fly Fishing Film Tour at the WYO Theater this February. The event sold out, bringing more than [...]
For many ranchers, virtual fencing has sounded promising. Move cattle with a phone. Reduce the need for cross-fencing. Make better use of grass. But for smaller operations, it has mostly stayed out of reach. That’s what the Sheridan Community Land [...]
