https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories daily 0.75 2024-12-10 https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories/thats-a-wrap-2024-in-review monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/bb63117c-6c79-4aeb-9bb5-4901af3bb983/AFI-BLM-NPLD-YUFenceModification1.jpg Stories - That’s a Wrap - 2024 in Review - Make it stand out AFI and volunteers celebrating National Public Lands Day with a fence modification. Photo by Sarah Beckwith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/2f4b98de-d766-43ac-aa2b-a46c8c745bb1/2024+Project+Summary.jpg Stories - That’s a Wrap - 2024 in Review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories/east-coast-studentswestern-fence-work monthly 0.5 2024-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/3077ea10-54af-44b0-8231-27da5442111f/AFI_cat08+copy.jpg Stories - East Coast Students/Western Fence Work - Make it stand out Corey Anco talks to students from Catawba College about the process for removing old barbed wire from an experimental enclosure on Shoshone National Forest land. Photo by Kathy Lichtendahl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/8010c762-0316-4cc0-9005-d36d21256542/AFI_cat40+copy.jpg Stories - East Coast Students/Western Fence Work - Make it stand out AFI members and students from Catawba College at the end of another successful fence removal. Photo by Kathy Lichtendahl https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories/barbed-wire-affects-birds-too-amelias-story monthly 0.5 2024-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/67375b39-4853-48bf-bdfc-f4b7c6ea36d6/Amelia+by+Rae+Ann+3.jpg Stories - Barbed Wire Affects Birds Too: Amelia’s Story - Make it stand out Amelia, a short-eared owl now residing at the Draper Museum Raptor Experience in Cody, WY. Photo Credit: Rae Ann Garrett https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories/afi-highlighted-in-new-exhibit-at-draper-museum monthly 0.5 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/c013c2cb-b405-4ee7-bec7-0016095ab9be/20240227_104445.jpg Stories - AFI Highlighted In New Exhibit At Draper Museum - Make it stand out Photo courtesy of the Draper Natural History Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/3e4d1b81-bb05-45f1-add5-2b9167de4c0e/Panel+Zoom.png Stories - AFI Highlighted In New Exhibit At Draper Museum - Make it stand out Photo courtesy of the Draper Natural History Museum. https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories/creating-25-miles-of-wildlife-friendly-fencing-with-the-absaroka-fence-initiative monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/ccada6a6-7993-4752-a584-c6ad37f23703/Clarks+Fork+Canyon.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out The rugged and geologically complex walls of the Clarks Fork Canyon rise steeply from the canyon floor. Credit: GYC/Erin Welty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/e3707669-2306-473b-b047-4580a4d588f5/Picture2+Volunteers.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out Volunteers modify a fence along the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River. Credit: Kathy Lichtendahl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/c52ab964-c333-499d-97e3-1f3d43376a2f/Picture3+Erin+Welty+in+trailer.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out GYC’s Senior Wyoming Conservation Associate Erin Welty is the welcoming committee in the Absaroka Fence Initiative’s new tool trailer. Credit: Kathy Lichtendahl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/4fffbf1a-46b1-4154-a9ff-066f54b602ea/Picture4+Group+photo.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out The 50 dedicated volunteers that made the workday such a success. Credit: Kathy Lichtendahl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/516b1d15-44ac-4e6b-b4bb-bc8f97d20e9c/Picture5+Fenceline.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out Fence line criss-crossing Clarks Fork Canyon. Credit: GYC/Erin Welty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/20ba57f9-e55b-443b-aab7-4d39b679f04f/Picture6+Measuring+wire+height.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out Volunteers measure wire height to ensure the top wire is 38 inches and the bottom wire is 18 inches off the ground – the specifications for wildlife friendly fencing. Credit: GYC/Erin Welty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/ec1bd2ff-2847-4814-885d-b82027058976/Picture7+4+wire+fence+pre-modification.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out A four-wire fence pre-modification. Credit: GYC/Erin Welty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/8c52f2e4-ddda-42bc-b190-f25666334d7c/Picture8+3+wire+fence+post-modification.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out A four-wire fence modified into a 3-wire fence. Volunteers removed one strand entirely, raised the height of the bottom wire, and lowered the top wire to make it easier for wildlife to navigate. Credit: GYC/Erin Welty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/07d8b83b-4ac0-461b-b109-3283abd36794/Picture9+Nick+Hummel+with+barbed+wire.jpg Stories - 2.5 Miles of Fence is Now Wildlife Friendly - Make it stand out A volunteer with bundled barbed wire stands in front of the Bureau of Land Management Clarks Fork Canyon sign. Credit: Kathy Lichtendahl https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories/mending-fences monthly 0.5 2021-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610041809136-9KGS3KXNX4HELBKE0AAX/Wires+down__Lichtendahl+fence+modification_Hodges_WGFD_12-5-20.JPG Stories - Mending Fences A combination of ancient wooden posts and more recent metal poles hold up the strands of barbed wire on this fence in Clark, Wyoming that has been part of the landscape for more than half a century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610042287898-V2RSOVR3A40YB8WCZC55/Lichtendahl_elkfur.jpg Stories - Mending Fences A close-up of animal hair caught in the barbs of a barbed wire fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610042504165-10SCX63BLUJKAVWKVCZN/Lichtendahl_postreplacement.jpg Stories - Mending Fences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610042559178-WRCK2I10FLZ6RU32EMGI/Brace+building__Lichtendahl+fence+modification_Hodges_WGFD_12-5-20.JPG Stories - Mending Fences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610042570464-3W3O0KGN7Q666UNOC2IA/Lichtendahl_northend.jpg Stories - Mending Fences https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/stories/fence-inventory monthly 0.5 2021-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1608753908434-N5CUY1NG9LMTEQV2MLW5/39714575143_686824a8dc_c.jpg Stories - The secret lives of fences A doe and her yearling fawn munch on spring vegetation emerging along the foothills of the Wind River Range near Pinedale, Wyoming. Credit: Gregory Nickerson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1608754101915-QLO39RBLP6CHCMZNXP66/31738834477_16ddffe5f5_c.jpg Stories - The secret lives of fences A mule deer buck searches for a way around an elk fence. Credit: Joe Riis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1600809598033-MR66P9RB8VQ79NI3A1RQ/IMG_4183.jpg Stories - The secret lives of fences Destin Harrel looks at mapped fences while out in the field. Credit: Emily Reed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1608753440130-WJYCCD7DHNZ3AEDPAJWK/Screen+Shot+2020-12-23+at+12.57.08+PM.png Stories - The secret lives of fences McInturff et al,. 2020, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610044025726-91FWM9C014LOU1NIQW3N/Jackson+Hole+Wildlife+Foundation.jpg Stories - The secret lives of fences Moose caught in fence wires. Credit: Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1600809739311-DEXSC55CI6J0H0D9WZ5L/IMG_4130.jpg Stories - The secret lives of fences A sage grouse hen in the YU bench area outside of Cody, Wyoming. Credit: Emily Reed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1608754207200-QZDECDHN7MOZ3VJHRNRA/Lichtendahl_destintony.jpg Stories - The secret lives of fences AFI participants work on a fence. Credit: Kathy Lichtendahl https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/events daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1620249914889-ZV49695ABHZIG456WXMY/FBFT_Beckwith+IMG_0440_1may2021.jpg https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/about daily 1.0 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1608749445768-R8GFNVSSF7QBWOHKUJ5V/WGFD.jpg About - Fencing is an essential piece of our landscape, yet when wildlife and fences intersect, the result can be costly for both wildlife populations and landowners. By bringing together the expertise and resources of our partners into a shared initiative, we can more effectively enhance wildlife movement and livestock functionality by adding, modifying or removing fences. https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/whoweare daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1609778629056-T7WGV9VCQG5JX3VDG4FS/Lichtendahl_fence_wide.jpg Who we are - We are a community driven initiative. Our stakeholders include but are not limited to, landowners, managers, producers, sportsmen, conservationists, community members, local leadership, government agencies, foundations, granters, and outdoor enthusiasts. https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/resources daily 0.75 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1608751930194-NHW6YZXBYWZEGUYVDSE1/Lichtendahl_stays1.jpg Resources - Fence Ecology: Frameworks for Understanding the Ecological Effects of Fences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610489626301-VOG6MBHV15SLYHAIZ9UH/Screen+Shot+2021-01-12+at+3.13.36+PM.png Resources - Barrier Behaviour Analysis (BaBA) reveals extensive effects of fencing on wide‐ranging ungulates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1601587208547-SAOQCIWLJPJ1LXWLGIBS/Lichtendahl_cows.jpg Resources - Wyoming Landowners Guide to Friendly Fencing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1601587326931-IYHS9DVJAHHELJGRYZWU/Lichtendahl_pronghorn.jpg Resources - Movement and Distribution Patterns of Pronghorn in relation to roads and fences in Southwestern Wyoming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1604597528654-CX4UV2VG4HTEABMMFN8G/Lichtendahl_DSCN2798_permiss+via+gyc.JPG Resources - Characteristics of Ungulate Behavior and Mortality Associated with Wire Fences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eab633ec66f98421b5d3c09/1610041232250-RNF5TV5JCA7LAVS306XC/image-asset.jpeg Resources - Multi-scale habitat assessment of pronghorn migration routes https://absarokafenceinitiative.org/test daily 0.75 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847896255-71GDMB4JOGTFXFRK00TD/image-asset.jpeg Test - Dream it. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847895626-I0RS2T6LQGM9IRYBEERM/image-asset.jpeg Test - Build it. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. 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