That includes chopping weeds and doing projects such as painting. On Thursday, near the Jackson Hole-Greater Yellowstone Area Visitors' Center, the teens were taking down an old fence that divides the Elk Refuge from N. Hwy. They replaced it with a new woven wire fence similar to the fence running north along the highway. We do not have staff to get these kinds of jobs done anymore. Without these kids we don't get these projects done.
Some fences pose serious threats to elk.
If the animals try to jump them they can become entangled. But the fences the volunteers are erecting are 8 feet tall, so elk cannot jump them, Brock said. The program also contributes to bonding between the youths.