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Elkhorns Wildlife Management Unit
RMEF HABITAT ENHANCEMENT
Elkhorns: Public Involvement and Partnerships: RMEF Habitat Enhancement
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION
HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
Project Completion Report
Project Title: Elkhorn Wildlife Management Unit Fence
Replacement
RMEF ID #:MT010304
Location: Elkhorns Wildlife Management Unit (Broadwater County, Helena National Forest, Townsend Ranger District; T8N, R1W, sections 23, 25, 26 and 27)
(National Forest/BLM District, Ranger District, County, Township, Range,
Section)
Project Coordinator: Jeff Hoeffner, Range Permittee and Jodie Canfield,
Elkhorn Coordinator
Agency: Private Landowner and USDA Forest Service
Address: Townsend Ranger District, 415 South Front Street, Townsend,
MT 59644
Phone: Jeff: 227-6918 Jodie: 266-3425 jecanfield@fs.fed.us
Project Type |
Replacing allotment fences with
“elk-friendly” let down and 3 wire fence |
|---|---|
Size of Treatment Area (ac) |
3.5 miles enhancing about 200 acres |
| Total Cost
|
$23,800. |
RMEF Funds |
$11,000 |
Matching Funds |
$13,800 |
Completion Date Mo/Day/Year |
Completed: 09/30/2002 |
USE OF RMEF FUNDS: Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation funds paid for a fencing contractor to install braces and line
posts.
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Accomplishments included:
Replacement of 3.5 miles of old jack-leg and other fence with let-down and 3-wire “elk-friendly” fence. The project proposal was for 5.5 miles of fence. One landowner decided not to be a cooperator in the replacement of the boundary fence between USFS land and his private land (2 miles). Therefore the project is completely done.
COOPERATING AGENCIES AND/OR CONSERVATION GROUPS, LANDOWNERS ETC.
Contributors included:
- Jim and Alan Davies, Jeff Hoeffner, and Matt Diehl (all grazing permittees)
- RMEF local chapter VOLUNTEERS: Deb and Jerry Grebenc, John and Dan Willoughby, Al Christopherson, George Macmillan, Mike and Julie Dalsagio
- Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks
- Tracy Schilling, Range Conservationist and Alfred Rath, seasonal employee, Townsend Ranger District
PROJECT MEDIA COVERAGE:
(Please send to RMEF news releases, in-house publications, newspaper and
magazine articles, etc.)
Enclosed.
RMEF PUBLICATIONS INFORMATION:
(Please send to RMEF color photo slides and or photo prints, black and
white photographs, graphics, etc.)
Enclosed.
PROJECT RESULT ACTIONS:
(List practices implemented as a result of project, e.e. area rested from grazing for 2 yrs, season recommendations revised based on new distributions data received from project, etc.)
The grazing permittees found out the RMEF is a great partner and that local members were more than willing to roll up their sleeves and help out their neighbors. We learned why the old fence was a jack leg; it is extremely difficult to pound posts and set braces in this rocky country! I’m not sure the contractor will bid on another project in the Elkhorn Mountains!
MONITORING IN PLACE: (Please list updates, reports, photopoint
follow-up etc. RMEF can expect in the future)
The fence will be maintained by the grazing permittees. Either the permittees
or volunteers will see to the “let down” and put up of the
fence in the fall and the spring.
USDA Forest Service - Helena National Forest
Last Modified: Monday, 02 July 2007 at 17:28:52 EDT