Judith and Matthew Thompson have watched countless pronghorn hoof it over the frozen New Fork River on the parcel of state land adjacent to their home.
Wildlife advocates are decrying the state’s decision to offer critical migration habitat for drilling, and are renewing calls to protect the famous antelope thoroughfare via the long-stalled state designation process.
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Last week, House Bill 122 was signed into law, which will help open more easements and create better access to inaccessible federal and state lands in Wyoming. The bill, Reliable Funding for Hunting and Fishing Access, essentially increases the cost of an annual conservation stamp by $9. That extra money will be used to establish a fund for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to use in order “to develop more access agreements to private and landlocked or difficult-to-access federal and state lands,” according to a press release.
The bill, which garnered support from hunters and anglers across the state, also had bipartisan support and collaboration.