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 September 21, 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.
