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 [...]
As virtual fencing continues to gain traction across working lands in our region, one thing is becoming clear: better tools matter, but how you use them matters just as much. Ranchers who are seeing the strongest results with virtual fencing [...]
For Kaitlin Shaw, joining the Sheridan Community Land Trust feels like coming full circle. A lifelong Sheridan County resident, Shaw spent much of her childhood exploring SCLT trails and visiting historic sites. Those early experiences left a lasting impression. [...]
SCLT recently completed a historic preservation easement on the Stone House (also known as the Peters House by many folks locally) near Wyarno, ensuring that one of the region’s rare surviving homestead-era farmhouses will endure. Built in 1898 from native [...]
Before kickoff, this crew got to work. While most folks were prepping for the Super Bowl, an incredible group of volunteers spent their Sunday morning at Streetcar #115 for our Streetcar Clean-Out Party — and what a difference you [...]
At Ridgetop Natural Area, SCLT staff recently completed permitting improvements for two existing stock water reservoirs, ensuring they meet state standards and continue to serve the land responsibly for years to come. An unseasonably warm 65-degree day served as a [...]
“Maybe the highest and best use of land doesn’t always mean just profitability, but social well-being and consciousness as well.” With those words, longtime rancher and landowner Don Roberts captured the spirit behind one of the most significant land [...]
The Sheridan Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) has selected Sheridan Community Land Trust (SCLT) to receive a National Conservation Award, recognizing the organization’s longstanding commitment to conservation, stewardship, and public education [...]
This past May, the Sheridan Community Land Trust partnered with Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. (CRAI), which donated its time, and community volunteers to complete a professional archaeological survey of the 117 acres owned by SCLT at the Big Goose [...]
