9-15-911. Purple Sage Ranch Conservation Easement.
(a) Authorization is granted for funding of the following large project as provided in this section.
(b) Project: Purple Sage Ranch conservation easement:
(i) Project sponsor: Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust;
(ii) Project purpose: Permanent use restriction on approximately two thousand eight hundred (2,800) acres in Carbon county in order to:
(A) Preclude loss of habitat for mule deer, elk, antelope, songbirds and other species;
(B) Maintain important river and wetland habitats;
(C) Secure migration routes and crucial habitat for a variety of wildlife species; and
(D) Allow for continued agricultural production.
(iii) Project description: Conservation easement;
(iv) Total project budget: One million six hundred sixty-eight thousand one hundred fifty dollars ($1,668,150.00);
(v) Project grant: The Wyoming wildlife and natural resource trust account board is authorized to grant to the sponsor three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000.00) for the purposes specified in this subsection;
(vi) Appropriation: There is appropriated from the income account to the board three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000.00) 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.