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Once it opens on May 15, I don't think there is a day
that goes by that there isn't someone out there.
Even in bad weather, someone is usually hiking,
hunting, fishing or looking at wildflowers.
Bud Love WHMA is open for hunting big game as well as for dusky and ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pheasant, chukar, Hungarian partridge, rabbits, black bear and mountain lion. (Photo by Parker Loew/WGFD)
WORK CONTINUES
The 50-year anniversary coincides with
several habitat improvement projects that
have taken place on Bud Love this year. In
May, in partnership with the Plank Stewardship Initiative, 30 young cottonwood trees
and willows were planted in existing or newly
constructed wildlife exclosures. The exclosures protect the young plants from hungry
deer and elk and will be removed when the
plants reach maturity.
A month later, a dozen volunteers from
the Wyoming Wilderness Association, U.S.
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers
removed a half-mile of old barbed and woven
wire corral fencing which was a hazard to
wildlife, horses and humans. Future projects
with other conservation partners are planned
to remove an additional two miles of fence.
"Because the Bud Love was part of a
working ranch until it was acquired in 1970,
it still poses some of the annual maintenance
and improvements all large-scale properties
do," Roseberry said. "The access roads and
parking lots require repair, the hay meadows
and water rights are still utilized to provide
added forage and cover for wildlife, fences
need to be maintained and old pasture
fences that are no longer needed are still
being removed.
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department and partners continue to remove old fencing at Bud Love WHMA to make the area safer
for people, horses and wildlife. (WGFD photo)
"In a lot of ways we are no different than
our neighbors that surround us. We manage
invasive weeds to protect habitat, we irrigate
to produce forage, we maintain roads and
fences and we provide outdoor recreation to a
variety of users. I feel our ability to maintain
that working relationship with our neighbors
and the understanding of each other's operations is what makes the management of
these WHMAs by the department unique
and successful."
- Christina Schmidt is the Game and Fish public
information specialist in the Sheridan region. She is
a regular contributor to Wyoming Wildlife.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Wyoming Wildlife magazine
Table of contents
Cover
From the director
A couple pennies
Letters to the editor
Opening shot
News
Project profiles
Ask Game and Fish
Case files
In the Field
The terrestrial extra
Elk and Elke
Earrings with info
Still in Love
Wild country dispatch
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Cover
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - From the director
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Table of contents
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - A couple pennies
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Letters to the editor
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Opening shot
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Wyoming Wildlife magazine - News
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Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Project profiles
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Ask Game and Fish
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - Case files
Wyoming Wildlife magazine - In the Field
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Wyoming Wildlife magazine - The terrestrial extra
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