Teton River Fence Removal Projects

Teton Regional Land Trust works with conservation easement landowners to remove unneeded and/or derelict fencing from their property to facilitate the movement of wildlife. Historically, the stewardship staff was able to do this annually with land owners, but with more and more properties protected, the less time our staff had to work on projects like this. In 2021, we forged a partnership with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation (JHWF) to help lessen the load.

We provide the fence and JHWF provide an experienced core “fence team” volunteers who bring their own tools. Along with our amazing Land Trust volunteers and stewardship staff, many hands make light work, and we have been able to remove more than 2 miles of fence along the Teton River on 5 different conservation easements with another mile of fence removal planned this summer.

Shortly after one of these projects was complete, moose were observed running through an area where they could have been entangled in barbed wire fence if it had not been removed.