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for hunting of deer, elk, geese and pronghorn.
They donate money from landowner
coupons from each hunter to the Wyoming
Animal Damage Management Board. The
Bulines continually work with Game and
Fish and others to promote good land management
practices, resolve wildlife conflicts
and enhance relationships.
Cozy Canyon Ranch
Peter and Teresa Taylor
640 acres in Carbon County
Located about 13 miles northwest of
Encampment and adjacent to the Medicine
Bow-Routt National Forest. The Taylors have
improved the property for wildlife since they
purchased the ranch in 2011. Peter Taylor is
involved with the Platte Valley Mule Deer
Initiative and Platte Valley Habitat Partnership
processes and has approached Game
and Fish about working together on habitat
improvement projects. The family is a part
of cheatgrass treatments in the Upper Spring
Creek drainage, have allowed Game and Fish
to conduct mixed-mountain shrub mowing in
critical deer and elk habitat and participated
in conifer encroachment removal in important
aspen communities on the ranch.
Peter Taylor is an avid sportsman and conservationist,
and has alerted Game and Fish
personnel to law enforcement issues on and
around the ranch.
Double JR Ranch
John and Judy Rueb
About 5,000 acres in Sheridan and Johnson
counties
The Double JR Ranch consists of parcels
along the banks of Prairie Dog Creek east of
Sheridan and near the head of the Middle Fork
of Crazy Woman Creek in Johnson County.
Wildlife and habitat are flourishing under
the Ruebs' stewardship. They operate a conservative
grazing system for livestock, and the
ranch has numerous sloped wetlands which
are becoming harder to find in the Bighorn
Mountains due to grazing pressure. The family
has worked with Game and Fish to improve
riparian habitat on their stretch of the Middle
Fork of Crazy Woman Creek, and also
to improve aspen stands on the property by
removing encroaching conifers.
The Ruebs also have made contributions
to furthering education of natural resource
management to others in the area.
The Snake River Ranch has a long history of working with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. (Photo by Mark Gocke/WGFD)
Snake River Ranch
Hauge, Laughlin and Resor families
Teton County
The Snake River Ranch has partnered with
Game and Fish for nearly 100 years on various
projects, is the largest deeded ranch in the
Jackson Hole area and is located on the west
side of the Snake River.
The ranch was placed under conservation
easements in the 1980s to help protect and
preserve wildlife and wild places. Most of the
land consists of irrigated pasture, which provides
food and cover for many wildlife species.
It has assisted Game and Fish's management of
private-land elk herds in the Snake River bottom,
and in recent years the ranch has hosted
a hunt for Wounded Warriors.
The families have provided access to monitor
Snake River cutthroat trout and have
worked with Game and Fish and other agencies
to better understand fish loss into irrigation
ditches and the timing of water delivery. The
ranch also works with organizations to improve
stream function and riparian habitats along
the Snake River.
TE Ranch
Duncan Family, Curt and Karen Bales
Approximately 30,000 acres in Park County
Buffalo Bill Cody acquired the ranch in the
late 1800s and named it the TE Ranch. The
Duncan family purchased it in the early 1970s,
and the Bales have managed it for more than
20 years. The working cattle ranch is home to
numerous big game species including deer, elk
and bighorn sheep.
The ranch provides prime winter range
for wildlife migrating out of the backcountry,
along with summer transitional range.
Owners and managers have willingly
allowed Game and Fish personnel access to
help manage grizzly bears and wolves that
frequent the ranch and have worked to avoid
bear-human conflicts throughout the property.
It also has worked with Game and Fish toward
brucellosis management.
Duncan Ranch
Lankister Family
Nearly 7,800 acres in Converse County
Located 8 miles southeast of Glenrock, the
Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments
purchased the ranch in 2006, developed
a long-term management plan in 2007 and in
2008 awarded a farm and ranch management
lease to the Lankisters, who have collaborated
with Game and Fish on habitat projects, wildlife
management and hunting access the past
14 years.
The Duncan Ranch features many habitat
types and a variety of wildlife species. A hunter
management area was established in 2006. The
ranch provides habitat for protected species
such as bald and golden eagles and peregrine
falcons. It also provides good fishing for brown
and rainbow trout. The Lankisters' grazing
management and irrigation improvements
have benefited wildlife and habitat.
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