§ 36-12-102 — Management

Wyoming § 36-12-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 36: Public Land
• Ch. 12: STATE CONTROL OF CERTAIN LAND

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(a) Upon transfer to the state of Wyoming [of] the
jurisdiction and ownership of lands and mineral resources
subject to this act, the board shall manage such in an orderly
manner in trust for the optimum benefit and use of all the
people of Wyoming and in conformity with established concepts of
multiple use and sustained yield which will permit the
development of uses for agriculture, grazing, recreation,
minerals, timber, and the development, production and
transmission of energy and other public utility services. It
shall be managed in such a manner as to permit the conservation
and protection of watersheds and wildlife habitat, and historic,
scenic, fish and wildlife, recreational and natural values.
(b) The board of land commissioners shall develop a plan
for the transfer and management of lands and minerals subject to
this act. This plan will be submitted to the governor and
legislature prior to January 1, 1983 and will be subject to
their approval. Such a management plan shall consider:
(i) Management of the land pursuant to subsection
(a);
(ii) Policy and program regarding disposal, lease or
exchange of any lands or resources acquired pursuant to this
act;
(iii) Policy and program regarding public access to
use of such lands;
(iv) Conservation of lands for wildlife habitat or
recreational purposes; and
(v) Program regarding use or transfer of lands to
municipalities and other governmental entities for public
purposes.
(c) As used in this section:
(i) Sustained yield means the maintenance of a
high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various
renewable resources of the state lands consistent with multiple
use;
(ii) Multiple use means the management of the land in
a combination of balanced and diverse resource uses that takes
into account the long-term needs for renewable and nonrenewable
resources, including but not limited to recreation, range,
timber, minerals, watershed, wildlife and fish, natural, scenic,
scientific and historical values, and the coordinated management
of the resources without permanent impairment of the
productivity of the land or the quality of the environment.