County Of Sheridan

County of Sheridan, operating as Sheridan County Weed & Pest Control, is a Wyoming-based local government entity established as a registered federal awardee since 2008. The organization provides specialized environmental management and invasive species control services to the federal government through cooperative agreements and project grants, focusing primarily on vegetation management, habitat restoration, and wildfire recovery efforts across multiple federal lands and jurisdictions in northern Wyoming.

The county has received substantial federal grant funding from multiple agencies to conduct comprehensive invasive species management and habitat restoration work across the region. Through cooperative agreements and project grants funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management, Sheridan County Weed & Pest Control has undertaken aerial and hand treatments to control invasive annual grasses including cheatgrass, ventenata, and medusahead on Bureau of Land Management lands, National Forest System lands, and private properties throughout northeastern Wyoming. Recent awards include a $279,200 cooperative agreement with the USDA Forest Service Region 2 for Burned Area Emergency Response Weed Management related to the Elk Fire, a $400,000 award from the Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 for invasive grass treatment on working lands and wildlife habitats, and a $500,000 cooperative agreement also from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 for upland and mesic habitat restoration benefiting threatened and endangered species across Sheridan, Johnson, and Campbell counties. Additional grants address noxious weed impacts to native landscapes, post-wildfire vegetation management on multiple ownerships affected by the Remington Wildfire, and general invasive species treatment and monitoring. The organization collaborates with participating counties including Johnson and Campbell, private landowners, and other state and federal agencies, and has received sub-grant funding from the Wyoming Game & Fish Commission for satellite imagery analysis to identify and monitor invasive grass species.