THE U.S. WEST IS HOME TO EXTENSIVE PASTURELANDS WHICH PRODUCERS AND SMALL COMMUNITIES RELY ON FOR RANCHING OPERATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, DROUGHT PERSISTS THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEST LEADING TO INCREASED INCIDENCES OF WILDAND FIRES. THE BLACK FIRE IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST AND BURNED OVER 325,000 ACRES OF FOREST AND RANGELANDS. RANCHERS IN THE AREA RELY ON THIS FORAGE BASE TO SUSTAIN THEIR OPERATIONS. THE FIRE IS NEARING CONTAINMENT, AND, IN COMBINATION WITH SUFFICIENT RAINFALL THROUGH THE 2022 MONSOON SEASON, RANGELANDS ARE RECOVERING. HOWEVER, HUNDREDS OF MILES OF FENCES WERE DESTROYED IN THE FIRE MAKING MUCH OF THE RANGELAND UNABLE TO BE MANAGED THROUGH GRAZING. RANGELANDS THROUGHOUT THE WEST RELY ON EXTENSIVE FENCING SYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GRAZING MANAGEMENT ALLOTMENTS (ALLOTMENT = PASTURE ON FEDERAL LANDS DESIGNATED FOR USE BY A DESIGNATED PERMIT HOLDER). THUS, A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO WILDFIRE AND LIVING WITH THE FALLOUT OF WILDFIRE IS MANAGING GRAZING SITUATIONS UNTIL FENCES CAN BE REBUILT WHICH CAN TAKE YEARS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. NMSU'S RAPID RESPONSE TEAM VISITED WITH BOTH RANCHERS AND GRAZING MANAGERS WHO ALL INDICATED THEIR LARGEST CHALLENGE IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN GRAZING IN ALLOTMENTS WHERE WILDFIRE HAS DESTROYED THE FENCING SYSTEM. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL UTILIZE NOVEL VIRTUAL FENCING TECHNOLOGY TO AID RANCHERS IN GRAZING MANAGEMENT UNTIL FENCING SYSTEMS CAN BE RESTORED. ADDITIONALLY, RESULTS FROM THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A TEMPLATE TO UTILIZE NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WILDFIRE IN EXTENSIVE PASTURE SYSTEMS.