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Sheridan Community Land Trust Director of Conservation John Graves spoke on a pilot program that uses wireless technology to create fencing in a Sheridan County first and one that has garnered national attention.
Recently, SCLT shared that Graves and the land trust appeared on the New York Times website. The article featured SCLT’s virtual fencing pilot project published by the New York Times on Dec. 9, 2025, as part of its “50 States, 50 Fixes” series.
Virtual fencing involves GPS-enabled collars placed on cattle and connected to an app, creating invisible boundaries that reduce the need for posts, gates, and barbed wire. Ranchers can monitor herds in the app while gaining flexibility in where and how to graze cattle.
SCLT’s pilot program was organized to not only feature the advantages of the virtual fencing, but get real feedback from local Sheridan producers in varying landscapes on any problems they may have encountered.
Building on that work, the Northeast Wyoming Virtual Fence Symposium is scheduled from 8 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Camplex Central Pavilion Building in Gillette.
Representatives from four virtual fencing manufacturers, including Nofence, Gallagher and eShepherd, Vence and Halter, are expected to discuss how their systems operate and what producers should consider before adopting the technology.
Conservation districts, state and federal agencies, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Sheridan Community Land Trust and other organizations will also attend to learn more about the emerging tool.
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Last modified: December 23, 2025