Lawmakers to local authorities: Don't enforce federal land policies
Natural resources committee also proposed a measure offering signing bonuses for federal land management employees who want to come work for the state.
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October 19, 2023
A legislative committee will draft a measure to prohibit state and local authorities from aiding or cooperating with federal land management agencies “when they pursue policies which harm Wyoming’s core interests.”
The move is in response to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s draft plan for managing 3.6 million acres of federal land in southwest Wyoming.
The Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee also voted unanimously to draft a bill creating a new full-time position in the governor’s office to act as a watchdog “protecting the state’s interest against feder...
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