Plastic Mesh Fences and Electric Fences Monitored by Satellite Telemetry
About the Author
Gary Kees is a project leader specializing in reforestation and nurseries, facilities, recreation, and GPS projects at MTDC. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Idaho. Before coming to MTDC in 2002, Gary worked for the Monsanto Co. in Soda Springs, ID, as a mechanical/structural engineer and project manager.
AcknowledgmentsSpecial thanks to:
- Dick Karsky, Chuck Harding, Scott Gilmour, and Andy Trent, from
MTDC.
- George Johnson, Patty Williams, and the labor force from the
Dillon Ranger District, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
- Joe Harper, from the Stanley Ranger District, Sawtooth National
Forest, and Steve Gerdes from the Phillipsburg Ranger District,
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.
- Larry Feight, Montana's Gallagher Fence representative.
- The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, U.S.
Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, and other
folks who helped install and maintain the fences.
- MTDC's publications group
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