Section 9-15-906 - Croonberg Ranch Conservation Easement.

WY Stat § 9-15-906 (2019) (N/A)
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9-15-906. Croonberg Ranch Conservation Easement.

(a) Authorization is granted for funding of the following large project as provided in this section.

(b) Project: Croonberg Ranch conservation easement:

(i) Project sponsor: Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust;

(ii) Project purpose: Permanent use restriction on approximately six thousand six hundred forty (6,640) acres in Albany county in order to:

(A) Preclude loss of habitat for mule deer, antelope, songbirds and other species;

(B) Secure migration routes and crucial habitat for a variety of wildlife species; and

(C) Allow for continued agricultural production.

(iii) Project description: Conservation easement;

(iv) Total project budget: Two million five hundred forty-eight thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($2,548,150.00);

(v) Project grant: The Wyoming wildlife and natural resource trust account board is authorized to grant to the sponsor five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for the purposes specified in this subsection;

(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from the income account to the board five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) or as much thereof as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection. Unexpended and unobligated funds appropriated under this subsection shall revert to the income account on June 30, 2017.