(a)There is created the military department range
management and grazing program. The military department shall
administer range management and grazing operations at Camp
Guernsey and any other Wyoming national guard training areas
that are owned in fee by the military department and that are
not state lands as defined in W.S. 36-1-101(a)(iv). The military
department range management and grazing program shall:
(i)Oversee the day to day range management and
grazing operations within the training area;
(ii)Arrange for personnel and materials for range
improvements, including maintenance and repair of fencing,
vegetation management, water development, wildfire
rehabilitation and restoration and management of invasive
species;
(iii)Determine animal unit grazing usage and needs
and develop
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(a) There is created the military department range
management and grazing program. The military department shall
administer range management and grazing operations at Camp
Guernsey and any other Wyoming national guard training areas
that are owned in fee by the military department and that are
not state lands as defined in W.S. 36-1-101(a)(iv). The military
department range management and grazing program shall:
(i) Oversee the day to day range management and
grazing operations within the training area;
(ii) Arrange for personnel and materials for range
improvements, including maintenance and repair of fencing,
vegetation management, water development, wildfire
rehabilitation and restoration and management of invasive
species;
(iii) Determine animal unit grazing usage and needs
and develop and monitor forage use plans;
(iv) Maintain lessee and neighbor relationships;
(v) Respond to required cultural and environmental
assessments related to grazing management.
(b) The military department range management and grazing
account is created. Monies received from the range management
and grazing operations authorized in subsection (a) of this
section shall be credited to the account, except as otherwise
provided in this subsection. Funds in the military department
range management and grazing account in an amount not to exceed
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) per biennium are
continuously appropriated to the military department and shall
only be used for purposes of this section. The state treasurer
shall invest monies received under this paragraph in accordance
with law and the investment earnings received therefrom shall be
deposited into the military department range management
operations account. From the monies received from the operations
authorized in subsection (a) of this section, any amount in
excess of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) in the
account at the end of each fiscal biennium shall be deposited
into the general fund.
(c) The military department shall promulgate rules to
administer this section.
(d) The adjutant general shall report annually by October
15 to the joint transportation, highways and military affairs
interim committee regarding all income to and expenditures from
the military department range management operations account.