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The Team

The Barnyards & Backyards Team is a group of individuals from various agencies who strive to:

“To create a culture of stewardship among small acreage land managers by promoting sustainable practices which enhance the ecological, economic and social aspects of the land and its people.”

 

Some of the members of the Small Acreage Issue Team,  February 2008.  Left to right: Fred Emerich, Tony Hoch, Dallas Mount, Jenny Jones, Mark Hughes, Lindsay Taylor, Jacelyn Downey, Rex Lockman, Tom Heald, Cole Ehmke, and Tom Davidson.

Contact Information for Team Members

These agencies include:

University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service

Cooperative Extension is the major educational outreach arm of the University of Wyoming, serving the people of Wyoming by helping them apply unbiased, scientific knowledge to improve their lives. CES partners with county, state, and federal governments to better serve the public.

Audubon Wyoming

Audubon Wyoming has been conserving wildlife and wildlands in Wyoming for almost a decade. As a state office of the National Audubon Society, we encompass its mission and explore conservation challenges unique to Wyoming. It is our mission to cultivate the culture of conservation in Wyoming focusing on birds, wildlife, and wildlands, by developing grassroots science, education and policy programs for the benefit of present and future generations.

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS):

Since 1935, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America's private land owners and managers conserve their soil, water, and other natural resources.

Wyoming Conservation Districts:

The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts provides leadership for the conservation of Wyoming's soil and water resources, promotes the control of soil erosion, promotes and protects the quality of Wyoming's waters, reduce siltation of stream channels and reservoirs, promote wise use of Wyoming's water, and all other natural resources, preserve and enhance wildlife habitat, protect the tax base and promote the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of this state through a responsible conservation ethic.

Wyoming Livestock Board
The Wyoming Livestock Board oversees the livestock industry of the State of Wyoming - exercising general supervision and protecting the States livestock interests from theft and disease. The goal of the Wyoming Livestock Board is to safeguard the Wyoming livestock industry as our rural communities depend on agriculture as the foundation for economic viability.

Wyoming Resource Conservation and Development

Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) is a unique program that is led by local volunteer councils that help people care for and protect their natural resources in a way that improves the local economy, environment and living standards.            

Wyoming State Forestry Division

The Wyoming State Forestry Division is charged with the management, protection, and improvement of all forest interests and matters pertaining to forestry within the State of Wyoming. The Division is responsible for the management of 270,000 acres of forested state trust lands in the state, along with direct fire protection responsibilities for 3.6 million acres of state land.


Sponsors of this project include:

University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS):

Wyoming Conservation Districts:

Wyoming Resource Conservation and Development

Wyoming State Forestry Division

Wyoming Private Grazing Lands Team

Audubon Wyoming

Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality & U.S. EPA

Wyoming Weed and Pest Council

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