County Of Sublette

Sublette County Conservation District, a division of County of Sublette and a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Pinedale, Wyoming, operates as a federal grant recipient focused on forest health, rangeland restoration, and wildlife habitat conservation on public and private lands in the Intermountain West. The organization secures cooperative agreements directly from federal agencies rather than competing for contracts; its award footprint reflects a mix of direct prime grants (21% of recent awards) and pass-through sub-grants from state intermediaries (79%), with total obligated dollars across 43 recent awards reaching $5.3 million.

Sublette County Conservation District's concrete capability portfolio centers on post-wildfire recovery, forest and rangeland restoration, watershed health improvement, and grazing-management innovation. Recent prime cooperative agreements exemplify this work: a $245 thousand award from the USDA Forest Service under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Prescribed Fire/Fire Recovery program (CFDA 10.716) for reconstruction of 7 miles of fenceline destroyed in the 2024 Packtrail Fire, including mastication of hazardous burned material and installation of replacement fencing (ultimate completion April 30, 2031); a $355 thousand award from the USDA Forest Service under the Good Neighbor Authority program (CFDA 10.691) for authorized forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services including treatment of insect and disease-infected trees, hazardous fuels reduction, and fish and wildlife habitat improvement (through June 30, 2035); and a cooperative agreement from the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 (awarded February 12, 2024, through February 11, 2029) to expand virtual-fence technology use in the Dry Piney and La Barge Creek sub-watersheds to improve sagebrush, wet meadow, and riparian habitat while enhancing livestock grazing management flexibility.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward pass-through federal funding. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families accounts for 31 awards (72% of the footprint), nearly all TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) sub-grants flowing from Wyoming's Family Services Department; these represent administrative pass-throughs rather than conservation work. Direct conservation customers—accounting for 12 awards and 93% coverage of meaningful environmental work—include the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 (3 awards), the USDA Forest Service R4-Intermountain Region (2 awards), and the Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management (4 awards including Wyoming Region). The distinction between these two tiers is material for competitive intelligence: HHS volume masks the smaller but more strategically relevant federal conservation relationships.

Sublette County Conservation District's recompete exposure is acute. Two prime awards—the $245 thousand IIJA Prescribed Fire/Fire Recovery agreement and the $355 thousand Good Neighbor Authority agreement—anchor the organization's direct federal revenue and face ultimate completion in 2031 and 2035 respectively. The virtual-fence habitat cooperative agreement with Fish and Wildlife Service completes in February 2029. Combined, these three prime grants and their underlying ecosystem-restoration mission represent the organization's core federal footprint and strategic value within the Intermountain Region's wildfire recovery and sagebrush conservation initiatives.