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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.
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This Week with Fish and Wildlife: Wildfire temporarily closes Springdale Bridge Fishing Access Site
On today s This Week in Fish and Wildlife, we visit the Springdale Fishing Access Site east of Livingston.
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LIVINGSTON â On today s This Week in Fish and Wildlife, we visit the Springdale Fishing Access Site east of Livingston.
A wildfire on Sunday swept through the area, forcing the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to close the FAS until further notice.
Jay Pape tells me that the fire burned about 8 acres of undergrowth and cottonwoods, many of which have blown down with strong winds earlier this week.
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This opinion piece was written and submitted by Kolton Gregory, member and ambassador of Wyoming Wildlife Federation from Kemmerer.
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HB 122: Reliable Funding for Hunting and Fishing Access is not just good for sportsmen on the east side of the state; it has huge implications for hunting access all across Wyoming.
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The largest private-public access area in all of Wyoming is called the Bear River Divide. It’s a huge area stretching from just north of I-80 near Evanston twenty miles north, and from the Utah-Wyoming state line east twenty-two miles, ending just short of Kemmerer and HWY 189. This Hunter Management Area connects 225,467 acres of private, Bureau of Land Management, and State Lands and is all administered by the fickle donor