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The tribes on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation identified 1,700 miles of fence that either needed to be replaced or constructed to support the prescribed grazing systems they envisioned. The installed wildlife friendly fences to ensure wildlife could move through their natural habitat areas, while still facilitating a grazing management system for cattle and bison. The tribal council allocated $300,000 to start the program—allowing the tribes’ natural resources office to purchase building materials and to hire 15 tribal members to build the new fences. NRCS provided additional cost-share to fund additional projects, which included prescribed grazing, wildlife-friendly fencing, and noxious weed control. July 2015. Roosevelt County, Montana.
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The tribes on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation identified 1,700 miles of fence that either needed to be replaced or constructed to support the prescribed grazing systems they envisioned. The installed wildlife friendly fences to ensure wildlife could move through their natural habitat areas, while still facilitating a grazing management system for cattle and bison. The tribal council allocated $300,000 to start the program—allowing the tribes’ natural resources office to purchase building materials and to hire 15 tribal members to build the new fences. NRCS provided additional cost-share to fund additional projects, which included prescribed grazing, wildlife-friendly fencing, and noxious weed control. July 2015. Roosevelt County, Montana.