GILLETTE, Wyo. — The WYldlife Fund, a nonprofit partner of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, announced more than $900,000 in grants today to support voluntary conservation of private and tribal lands with critical migration corridors in the state.
“Private landowners and Tribal partners provide important habitat for wildlife,” WYldlife Fund President Chris McBarnes said in a news release. “We’re proud this new effort can accelerate their stewardship efforts, which keeps working lands working and Wyoming’s proud wildlife heritage intact.”
The Pooled Migration Fund supports stewardship of private and tribal lands in Platte Valley, Baggs and Sublette mule deer migration corridors, as well as multispecies seasonal ranges in the Shoshone River valleys and Wind River Indian Reservation. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation and BAND Foundation contribute funding.
Recipients of the first round of the Pooled Migration Fund grant are the following:
- Greater Yellowstone Coalition: $175,000
- Jackson Hole Land Trust: $200,000
- The Nature Conservancy: $112,156
- Western Landowners Alliance: $200,000
- Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust: $228,350.
The Pooled Migration Fund complements the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the State of Wyoming’s $22 million pilot Big Game Conservation Partnership, which was established to allow producers to simultaneously manage their land for livestock, wildlife and migration corridors.
The WYldlife Fund expects to announce another Request for Proposals for grant funding from the Pooled Migration Fund this fall.
