Fence markers make fence wires visible to sage grouse and other low-flying avian species so they can avoid flying into the fences. We helped refine the text and design to ensure these pieces would ...

Fence markers shouldn’t be viewed as the ultimate resolution though, since sage grouse deaths still occur, said Katie Fite, biodiversity director of the Hailey-based Western Watersheds Project.

Q: What are the reflectors on the barbed wire fence out on the desert? B: “The reflectors are installed on fences across the desert that are near known sage grouse leks,” said Jerome Hansen ...

Meanwhile, a Kansas state law passed in 1867 provided a payment of 40 cents per rod, or 16.5 feet, to landowners who built and maintained 54-inch-tall stone fences, one of the historical markers said.