Wyoming offers virtual fencing grants to bolster wildlife corridors

On 2026-05-05, the Bozeman-based Property and Environment Research Center announced grants for ranches in Wyoming and Idaho to expand virtual fencing in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The funding is intended to reduce hard fencing and improve wildlife movement corridors for elk, mule deer, and sage grouse. The article says the Ricketts Conservation Foundation contributed to the $600,000 fund.