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Fencing Out Wildlife
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.

Acknowledgments

Special 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

Single copies of this document may be ordered from:

USDA Forest Service, MTDC
5785 Hwy. 10 West
Missoula, MT 59808–9361
Phone: 406–329–3978
Fax: 406–329–3719
E-mail: wo_mtdc_pubs@fs.fed.us

For additional information about wildlife fencing, contact Gary Kees at MTDC.

Phone: 406–829–6753
Fax: 406–329–3719
E-mail: gkees@fs.fed.us

Electronic copies of MTDC's documents are available on the Internet at:

http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d
Username: t-d, password: t-d

Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management employees can search a more complete collection of MTDC's documents, videos, and CDs on their internal computer networks at:

http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/search