Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 23 - LANDS AND WATERS ACQUIRED OR ADMINISTERED BY THE WYOMING GAME AND FISH COMMISSION › Section 23-4 - Management of Lands and Waters Acquired or Administered by the Commission

Current through July 13, 2024
Lands and waters acquired or administered by the Commission
				  shall be managed consistent with the purpose for which the land or water was
				  acquired by the Commission. The Commission delegates responsibility to the
				  Department to develop and implement management plans, to administer public use
				  and special use on such lands and waters in order to maintain or enhance the
				  purpose(s) for their acquisition.
(a)
				The Department shall manage lands and waters acquired or administered by the
				Commission in accordance with deeds, written agreements, strategic plans,
				terrestrial and aquatic priorities, site-specific management plans and
				regulations governing uses of these areas.
(b) Projects, public uses and special uses on
				lands and waters acquired by the Commission with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
				federal assistance funds (e.g. Pittman Robertson, Dingell-Johnson,
				Wallop-Breaux) shall be in compliance with applicable federal requirements and
				procedures.
(c) Conservation
				easements acquired by the Commission shall be administered by the Department in
				accordance with Section 4(a) as a wildlife habitat conservation program and may
				include a farmland protection program where protecting agricultural uses
				supports wildlife habitat.
(d)
				Special use activities on lands and waters acquired or administered by the
				Commission that are short term (do not exceed one (1) year) require a special
				use permit issued by the Department. When short term livestock grazing is
				considered by the Department, the Department shall notify the Commission member
				in whose district the proposed action would occur. If, after being fully
				informed of the intended action by the Department on the short term livestock
				grazing special use, the Commission member believes the proposed recommendation
				should be considered by the full Commission, it should be brought to the
				Commission in open session for their consideration and action before
				implementation. Requests for short term special use activities shall be sent to
				the Department's Habitat and Access Branch (Services Division) at least sixty
				(60) days prior to the commencement of the requested activity.
(e) Special use activities on lands and
				waters acquired or administered by the Commission that are long term (more than
				one (1) year) require an appropriate agreement (permit, license, memorandum of
				agreement, lease, easement) approved by the Commission. Requests for long term
				special use activities shall be sent to the Department's Habitat and Access
				Branch (Services Division) at least six (6) months prior to the commencement of
				the requested activity.
(f) All
				other proposals to alter the management of lands and waters acquired or
				administered by the Commission in a manner not clearly related to, or contrary
				to the established purpose(s) for the area, shall be advanced to the Commission
				for discussion and possible action.