http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/board/index/ en info@jhwildlife.org Copyright 2010 2010-07-22T22:03:55+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/fence_removal_project_sunday_august_8_2010/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/fence_removal_project_sunday_august_8_2010/#When:22:03:55Z 2010-07-22T22:03:55+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/fence_removal_project_saturday_july_17_2010/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/fence_removal_project_saturday_july_17_2010/#When:20:16:25Z 2010-07-02T20:16:25+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/fence_removal_projects_for_summer_2010/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/fence_removal_projects_for_summer_2010/#When:19:38:47Z Summer is finally here, and we are lining up fence removal and habitat restoration projects on several summer weekends. Mark your calendars for the following dates, and tell your friends! Saturday, July 17, 2010 - Shadow Mountain Fence Removal. Sunday , August 8, 2010 - Fish Creek in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Saturday, August 21, 2010 - Fish Creek in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Saturday, September 18th, 2010 - Project in Grand Teton National Park. Summer is finally here, and we are lining up fence removal and habitat restoration projects on several summer weekends.  Mark your calendars for the following dates, and tell your friends! Saturday, June 12, 2010             Project in Grand Teton.  Meet at the Gros Ventre Junction at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, July 17, 2010             Shadow Mountain Fence Removal.  Meet at the Gros Ventre Junction at 8 a.m. Sunday, August 8, 2010             Fish Creek in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.  Meet at the Home Ranch Parking Lot at 6 a.m. Saturday, August 21, 2010           Fish Creek in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.  Saturday, September 18, 2010       Project in Grand Teton. Please visit this site frequently for updates. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation relies on the help and support of volunteers to remove miles and miles of obsolete and dangerous barbed wire fence each year.  The foundation supplies work gloves and water, volunteers bring effort and enthusiasm.  Please come prepared for work and for the weather.  Wear sturdy shoes, long sleeves and long pants, and a hat and sunglasses.  Also bring lunch, snacks, and a reusable water bottle. To sign up for any of these projects, or to learn more about the fence removal and habitat restoration program, please contact Sue at 739-0968, or info@jhwildlife.org. 2010-06-08T19:38:47+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/Wildlife_Foundation_Receives_1_for_the_Tetons_Grant_for_Nature_Mapping/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/Wildlife_Foundation_Receives_1_for_the_Tetons_Grant_for_Nature_Mapping/#When:18:19:25Z The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation received a grant for $11,500 from 1% for the Tetons to support its collaborative efforts with the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund to establish Nature Mapping Jackson Hole. The Wildlife Foundation was one of eight organizations receiving a 2009 grant from 1% for the Tetons. The Nature Mapping program will engage our community in documenting the wildlife and environmental features of the Jackson Hole area and increase the existing knowledge base about wildlife presence, habits, migration and threats. Nature Mapping is establishing an online system consisting of a website, database and GIS interface, and teaching people how to document the presence of wildlife in the community and enter their observations into this online system. Watch this site for information about upcoming trainings or visit the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund for more information. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation received a grant for $11,500 from 1% for the Tetons to support its collaborative efforts with the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund to establish Nature Mapping Jackson Hole.  The Wildlife Foundation was one of eight organizations receiving a 2009 grant from 1% for the Tetons.  The Nature Mapping program will engage our community in documenting the wildlife and environmental features of the Jackson Hole area and increase the existing knowledge base about wildlife presence, habits, migration and threats. Nature Mapping is establishing an online system consisting of a website, database and GIS interface, and teaching people how to document the presence of wildlife in the community and enter their observations into this online system. Watch this site for information about upcoming trainings or visit the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund for more information. 2009-08-29T18:19:25+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/Thank_you_for_successful_fence_pull/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/Thank_you_for_successful_fence_pull/#When:17:02:33Z THANK YOU! Over twenty-five volunteers including two US Forest Service fire-fighting crews showed up to help with a large fencing project on Red Rock Ranch on August 15. We removed a second strand of barbed wire on a fence enclosing a 160 acre Pronghorn grazing and migration area and replaced it with smooth wire so Pronghorn are not injured when they go under the wire. Altogether, we took down two miles of barbed wire fence and strung two miles of smooth wire. This was a big job and we offer a huge thank you to Dale Dieter, Jackson District Ranger, Bridger Teton National Forest and his fire fighting crews. 2009-08-10T17:02:33+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/moving_and_successful_fence_pull/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/moving_and_successful_fence_pull/#When:19:55:07Z Seventeen volunteers and a mule named Silas arrived at the Red Rock Ranch early Saturday morning to pull the bottom wire from a four strand barbed wire fence enclosing 160 acres of prime Pronghorn grazing land. The fence also served as a barrier across an important part of the Pronghorn migration route through the Gros Ventre. We dedicated this very important fence pull in the memory of Pat Miles, a longtime volunteer with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation who rarely missed a fence removal project. Our reasons for doing this work were driven home Saturday morning when we arrived to find an Elk calf fatally entangled in the bottom wire of the fence we were about to remove. Removal of this wire was the highest priority fence removal project for the Bridger Teton National Forest and the culmination of several years of work carefully documenting use of the land by Pronghorn for grazing and migration. The success of the project was a testament to the openness of the land owner, diligent work by staff at the Bridger Teton National Forest, particularly Jackson District Ranger Dale Dieter, and many volunteers with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation. After five hours, we had pulled, dragged, wound and baled two miles of barbed wire, opening up this area so Pronghorn can now easily move under the fence into the grazing area and beyond as they migrate into Jackson Hole. Some great pictures from the day are posted on the JHWF Facebook page and for those who are not on Facebook, you can take a look at the pictures on our Flickr site. Click here or click on the Flickr link at the bottom of this page. We have at least two more fence removal projects this summer, one on August 15 and another on September 19. 2009-08-06T19:55:07+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/volunteers_needed_for_2009/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/volunteers_needed_for_2009/#When:23:16:16Z This is an opportunity for you to become a registered volunteer of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation. Becoming a registered volunteer is one more way to give to our foundation’s mission of helping our community live compatibly with wildlife. During these difficult economic times, we want to emphasize that volunteering time and labor is another way to be generous.  In fact, we would not be successful at our bear conflict, roadkill watch, fence-removal or powerline marking programs were it not for our wonderful volunteers. To register, click on the “register as a new member” link located at the top-left corner of this webpage.  You will be prompted to set up a username, password and provide e-mail and other contact information.  We will be instituting some exciting new projects over the next few months and will need dedicated volunteers in order for these projects to have significant, positive impacts on Jackson Hole’s wildlife.  Those of you interested in putting your biologist and ecologist backgrounds to the test are encouraged to sign up! So, join us by registering now! 2008-12-22T23:16:16+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/wildlife_on_the_road_at_night/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/wildlife_on_the_road_at_night/#When:18:10:16Z 70 % of all deer, elk and moose are hit by vehicles at nightIn Teton County, 70% of all deer, elk and moose are hit on our highways between dusk and dawn.  1 out of every 9 of these accidents result in human injury.  To avoid a sudden collision with an animal at night, please drive slower, stay alert and pay attention to what might be standing on the roadside up ahead. 2008-12-15T18:10:16+00:00 http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/how_jhwf_can_use_this_website/ http://www.jhwildlife.org/index.php/archive/comments/how_jhwf_can_use_this_website/#When:19:13:16Z The JHWF website has been converted to a modern, full featured, interactive website. The content and look has not changed much, but under the hood are many new and useful improvements. JHWF's new website is a dynamic combination of the old Web and the new Web 2.0. The new Web 2.0 is more of a two way conversation and interactive experience; whereas the old Web is more of a library of important information. With an increasing number of people reading, writing, and commenting on websites, blogs, email, and photo sharing sites the way we use the Web is shifting in a fundamental way. The public, instead of primarily being passive consumers of information, are becoming more and more active participants. JHWF's new website represents the best of both worlds: it allows staff, the board, volunteers, and the general public to have a voice in sharing and expressing the mission; and it still is the same great resource of information that promotes ways for our community to live compatibly with wildlife. Important new features All content is now easily editable by anyone with access ( right now just Leon ) using basic word processing skills. All content is stored in a database which separates the content from the style of the site, making future redesigns and style changes very easy. Having the content in a database also allows all content to be searchable. Now visitors can search for info rather than browse, most people have a preference and now they have options. Email capture function added Call to action buttons: Donate and Volunteer JHWF Blog functions: Staff, board members and/or invited guest can now easily post current events, JHWF events, scientific endeavors, volunteer projects or other information where people might have a deep expertise and a desire to express it. Photos can be added to the blog posts, as shown above. Links can be inserted to pages within the site to promote existing programs. Or links can be created to other organizations that share the JHWF mission or could help JHWF's causes like Old Bill's The blog and events area can be used in the fence pull project, for example. Add a fence pull to the event section, create links to sign-up, what to bring or even show the location on google maps. After the fence pull, volunteers should be encouraged to share their experience in words or photos or both. The volunteer's stories and photos will then serve as a way to market and increase participation and inspire and motivate. Flickr integration. Flickr is the largest photo sharing site. The general public can upload their photos of wildlife taken in Jackson Hole to the flickr group I created, called Jackson Hole Wildlife. Professional and amateur photographers, and snap shooters can upload their photos of wildlife in Jackson Hole and share their stories. Maybe some will link back to JHWF's main website and get involved. Creating another way for people to interact and connect to the organization. The Google map on roadkill hotspots is another interactive method of sharing JHWF's knowledge with the public. The map can be a collaborative effort where staff and volunteers update sighting, observations or conflicts. The new website will ask that staff, volunteers, the board and the general public interact and get involved with the mission of the JHWF. 2008-11-17T19:13:16+00:00