NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Rocky Mountain Rangelands
Project Title: Modifying Fencing to Improve Habitat Around the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (UT)
Organization:
Wild Earth Society Incorporated dba Wildlands Network
Project ID:
2505.23.078414
Description:

Survey, map, and remove barbed wire fence around the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah to understand the threat posed by these barriers to big game species and improve migration passages. Project will survey and map at least 150 miles of fencing and remove or improve at least 10 miles of wildlife-unfriendly fencing.

Award Amount:
$123877.43
Location:
The Paunsaugunt mule deer migration project is within Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, in Kane County, UT, near Kanab. The project area and winter range are composed primarily of sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, and salt desert shrub vegetation communities.