The morning sun highlights a piece of fur caught in in the top strand of barbed wire. It was likely torn off the leg of an elk that attempted to jump the fence.

A group of volunteers works to retrofit a fence near Clark, Wyoming to make it more wildlife friendly. The project was the first undertaken by the newly formed Absaroka Fence Initiative.

A pronghorn pushes under a barbed wire fence, the scars on its back a sign that it has done this before. Pronghorn almost always duck under rather than trying to jump fences.

A worker attaches a smooth wire to a metal fence post, replacing the barbed wire that had been in place for many years.

Destin Harrell and Tony Mong work together to improve an existing fence, making it more wildlife friendly.

Abby Scott of The Nature Conservancy in Wyoming moves a strand of fence to maker it wildlife friendlier.

A mechanical wire roller is attached to a Bobcat, allowing for the efficient gathering of barbed wire that has been removed.