The main objective of wetlands projects is to improve the wetlands throughout the state, to provide habitat for waterfowl and other species.
For more information:
Wyoming Wetlands Society
P.O. Box 3216
Jackson, WY 83001
or email Bill Long
Valley Springs
Teton County, Wyoming
Initiated 2004 completed summer of 2006
Accomplishments: The Valley Springs Project was initiated with funding provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through a private lands grant process, which provided asum of $97,000.00 towards the restoration of several old gravel pits just north of Rafter J in the South Park area of Jackson, Wyoming. The project renovated the rather deep gravel pits and made shallow foraging habitat for wintering waterfowl, including trumpeter swans. During the fall of 2005 several groups of swans and other waterfowl were observed on those foraging benches prior to freeze-up. During March and April of 2006 up to 35 swans were observed feeding on those same benches providing critical spring foraging habitats for those birds. Two (2) nesting captive pairs will be placed at the facility during the fall of 2006. An interpretative site adjacent to the project, on Teton County Park lands will describe Wetland Society efforts; wetlands and their function, swans and other waterfowl using the complex. Through the efforts of the Jackson Hole Land Trust, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Teton County Parks and Recreation Department, The Wyoming Wetland Society, The Jackson Hole Community Foundation and several private individuals, the area will be forever a swan wintering habitat. —BACK TO THE TOP
Wilson Pond Complex
Teton County, Wyoming
Initiated 2005- completed 2005
Accomplishments: WWS/TSF provided funding for the repair of a head gate that was not functioning allowing the Wilson wetland to be managed for increased production of aquatics for waterfowl, and fall and spring transitional habitat for swans. This area lies just west of Valley Springs and just north of Rafter J subdivision. The restoration of this wetland increases the value of the Valley Springs wetland functioning as a complex.—BACK TO THE TOP
Goose Lake
Gros Ventre Drainage, Teton County, Wyoming
Initiated 2005-ongoing
Accomplishments: Restoration of a beaver colony created wetland that was drained in the late 90’s. This wetland was fall and spring transitional habitat for numerous waterfowl in the Gros Ventre drainage. The Gros Ventre is considered a valuable link for migratory waterfowl, including swans, into the Green River drainage and to winter habitats further south.
The Dew Place Wetland Complex
Gros Ventre Drainage, Teton County, Wyoming
Initiated 2005-ongoing
Accomplishments: Restoration of beaver colony type wetlands in the Upper Gros Ventre. This proposed and engineered wetland will provide fall and spring transitional habitat for numerous waterfowl, including trumpeter swans. The Gros Venre is considered a valuable link for migratory waterfowl, including swans, into the Green River drainage and to winter habitats further south. The project was engineered in July of 2006 and will create some 80-100 acres of wetland habitat for swans and other waterfowl. It will provide critical transitional/migratory habitat for waterfowl as they migrate into the Green River drainage from the Jackson area. —BACK TO THE TOP