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IN THE FIELD

Wayne Larson, manager of the Double Four Ranch, poses for a photo at the ranch. The ranch is located in Albany County and has played a role in wildlife conservation since 1957. (Photo by Parker Loew/WGFD)

Stewards of the land

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or more than 25 years
the Wyoming Game and
Fish Department has
recognized landowners who
have demonstrated outstanding
wildlife management, habitat
improvements and conservation
techniques on their properties
with the landowner of the year
awards. These stewards open access
to research and recreation on
thousands of acres across the state.
Seven landowners were recognized
as the 2020 landowners of the year
by Game and Fish.

16 | January 2021	

By Wyoming Game and Fish Staff
Hickey Ranch
Hickey Family
Nearly 5,000 acres in Uinta County
Located in Lonetree, the Hickey Ranch
has been in operation since 1874. It consists
of a mix of riparian areas along the Henrys
Fork River, irrigated hay meadows and native
sagebrush habitat. The river drainage is home
to a wide variety of species and is winter range
for hundreds of big game animals each year.
Jack Hickey was awarded the Wyoming Game
and Fish Department's Landowner of the Year
award in 2005. He died at age 89 in 2018,
and the ranch is operated by his children and
grandchildren.
The family has enrolled property as walk-in
areas through Game and Fish's Access Yes program, which allows opportunities for deer, elk,
moose and pronghorn hunting. The family and
Game and Fish worked together to fix a fence
on the family's Bureau of Land Management
grazing lease. In 2019, the damaged fence killed
five calf elk in a half-mile stretch. In January
2020, 2 miles of the fence was taken down for

the winter to allow easier passage of wildlife.
In June, the Hickey family helped Game and
Fish and BLM convert the fence to be wildlife-friendly without being asked to do so.
Eagle Ridge Ranch and Two Bar Ranch
Stacey and Janice Scott and family
95,000 acres in Natrona County
The Eagle Ridge Ranch sits along the North
Platte River west of Casper. In 1971, the Scott
family purchased the Two Bar Ranch, which
is south of Eagle Ridge and stretches from
the irrigated fields along Bates Creek to the
Shirley Rim. Both ranches are a combination
of desert and high-elevation mountainous
terrain with elevations ranging from 5,200
to 7,800 feet. Wildlife species found on these
lands include black bear, mountain lion, mule
deer, elk, pronghorn, beaver, coyote and more
than 140 bird species. Today, the Scotts run
about 400 Black Angus cattle in their cow/
calf operation and produce their own hay on
about 400 acres along the North Platte River.
In 1980 all of the deeded land at the time



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