Range and Wildlife

As part of our mission to conserve natural resources, we offer expertise and advice on care of your rangeland, particularly for those new to the region.

Range Programs

Technical Assistance

Technical assistance is provided to landowners on grazing management, plant identification, noxious weed problems and types of seeding suitable for conditions.

Tire Tank Sales for Stock Water

Call Glen Leavengood for availability and sizes (phone 326-8156)

Monitoring

The District works closely with landowners on an annual basis to compile data on range conditions.

Fence Conversion

Project removes 5 miles of impassable fences and replace with fences designed to allow better wildlife movement.

 

For More Wyoming Specific information,

check out:

Barnyards & Backyards Rural Living in Wyoming

 

For more general information, check out:

Small Acreage Management Resource Center

 

For some excellent detailed information:

Living on the Land Teaching Modules

 

Land Use

Zoning/Subdivision Reviews

SER C.D. continues to provide written comments to the county planning commission for all proposed zone changes and subdivision reviews. As Carbon County deals with the influx of people due to energy development, the District’s input on land use issues is vital.

Saratoga Ecampment Rawlins Conservation District

Helping you protect soil, water, air, wildlife and our way of life

Last Modified on June 23, 2010

Natural Gas Development

At the state and federal level, SER C.D. works in cooperation with agencies that manage lands within the District. Arla Strasser, District Manager, works with the BLM as part of the Interdisciplinary Team on the Atlantic Rim Natural Gas Field Development Project and the Seminoe Road Natural Gas Project. The District provides environmental input concerning energy development and its impacts to Ag producers and residents. An important goal of the District is working to assure Ag interests are supported and protected and that resources necessary to sustain productive operations continue to be available.

Medicine Bow National Forest

SER C.D. has established a good working relationship

with the Medicine Bow National Forest and as a cooperating agency provides input on the Forest Plan Implementation and other natural resource issues on forest land within the boundaries of SER C.D.

BLM Resource Management Plans

SER C.D. is a cooperating agency, with the BLM, in development of the Lander Office and Rawlins Office Resource Management Plan. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is complete and the Final EIS is the next step in the NEPA process. The DEIS documents the comprehensive analysis of alternatives for the planning and management of public lands and resources administered by the BLM.

Sweetwater Level I Study

SER C.D. is working with Popo Agie Conservation District in coordinating the study. Producers in the northern end of the District will be included in this project and SER CD will work directly with them.

Projects benefit livestock and wildlife

Since 1999, SERCD has implemented on-the-ground conservation projects to develop improved habitat.   Elk, antelope, mule deer, sage grouse, small animals, birds and domestic livestock all benefit. These projects include developing dependable water sources, restoring fish passage, installing wildlife friendly fencing, and designing grazing plans around conflicts that involve wildlife and energy development.   Below is a partial list of projects over the past 10 years:

▪ Shamrock Ranch-Rawlins:  refit windmills with solar power for water delivery

▪ Mill Iron Ranch—Saratoga:  riparian area fencing

▪ Buck Draw—Rawlins:  well and pipeline

▪ Bar Vee—Rawlins:  well

▪ Fillmore—Rawlins:  well

▪ Ordway Pasture—Rawlins:  well

▪ Fence Conversions—Rawlins:  wildlife friendly fencing

▪ North Spring Creek—Saratoga:  irrigation diversion

▪ Stewart Creek—Rawlins:  riparian fencing and spring development

▪ Encampment River Phase I—Riverside:  fish passage and migration

▪ Dish Allotment—Saratoga:  spring development and pipeline

▪ Romios—Encampment:  spring development

▪ Six Mile—Riverside:  spring development

▪ Cherry Creek—Rawlins:  well and pipeline

 

SERCD writes and manages many different grants for the majority of funding for these projects.  Over the past ten years more than $250,000 has been expended on these projects.  Project partners include:

▪ 18 ag producers and permittees

▪ US Fish & Wildlife Service  “Partners for Wildlife Program”

▪ Trout Unlimited

▪ Water for Wildlife Foundation

▪ Wyoming Game & Fish

▪ Wyoming Wildlife & Natural Resource Trust Fund

▪ State of Wyoming, Office of Lands & Investments

▪ Bowhunters of Wyoming

▪ Wyoming Water Development Commission Small Waters Project

▪ NRCS

▪ BLM

▪ USFS

▪ South Central Sage Grouse Local Workgroup

▪ Carbon County Grazing Board

 

In addition to field projects Glen Leavengood, Resource Specialist, and Jack Berger, Board Chairman, serve as members of the South Central Sage Grouse Local Workgroup.  For the past five years this group has provided guidance and input on sage grouse management in our local area.

 

SERCD also has an inventory of tire tanks, fiberglass and expanded metal wildlife escape ramps, and fence markers for sage grouse.  Producers should contact the office if they are interested in tire tank prices.  The escape ramps and fence markers are free of charge. 

Six Mile Spring Development

Encampment River

Buck Draw Well