Pinedale Field Office
| Contacts: | Shelley Gregory | |||
| 307-315-0612 |
BLM Improves Warren Bridge Recreation Area
A Wyoming Conservation Corps (WCC) crew is helping the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office (PFO) make improvements to the Warren Bridge Recreation Area to benefit recreation, rangeland and wildlife resources.
The eight-person WCC crew is completing work started last summer on the Warren Bridge Hiking Trail and installing trail marker posts and area use information signs. The crew is also setting up protective cages around last year’s cottonwood tree plantings, completing a fence inventory to identify problem areas for wildlife fence strikes and installing bird escape ladders in stock tanks.
The WCC crew will try to complete all projects by June 15. Funding for the crew was provided by Encana.
For additional information, please contact Josh Hemenway, PFO wildlife biologist, at 307-367-5322 or jhemenway@blm.gov, or Martin Hudson, PFO recreation planner, at 307-367-5315 or mhudson@blm.gov.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2012, activities on public lands generated $4.6 billion in revenue, much of which was shared with the States where the activities occurred. In addition, public lands contributed more than $112 billion to the U.S. economy and helped support more than 500,000 jobs.