Thursday, March 31, 2011

Removal: Before and After

Desert National Wildlife Refuge, April 2011

Before the team takes down 2,920 feet of fence (photo by Darcy Shepard)

The fence ran along a series of rocky ridges the team climbed to reach the site. The fence was approximately 2.5 miles from the cars with an elevation gain of 750 feet. (Darcy Shepard)

Equipment to remove the posts had to be hauled in, then the removed materials hiked back out (Kurt Kuznicki)

After the team cuts down the sheep wire, barbed wire, and pulls out the posts (Darcy Shepard)

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