Sage Grouse Implementation Team Mapping Subgroup to Hold Series of Meetings

Sage Grouse Implementation Team Mapping Subgroup to Hold Series of Meetings

WYOMING — Wyoming’s Sage Grouse Implementation Team mapping subcommittee will be meeting in various locations in Wyoming to provide opportunity for the public to comment on proposed revisions to sage-grouse core area boundaries. The meetings will be based on Wyoming’s eight sage-grouse Local Working Group (LWG) areas. .

Implementation Team mapping meetings are as follows:

April 2 – Pinedale, Sublette County Library, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., will cover proposed revisions in the Upper Snake River Basin, Upper Green River Basin and South-Central LWG areas.

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April 9 – Lander, WGFD office, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., proposed revisions for the Wind River/Sweetwater River, Bates Hole/Shirley Basin and South-Central LWG areas.

April 28 – Buffalo, Firehall, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., proposed revisions for the Bighorn Basin and Northeast LWG areas.

In addition to these meetings of the Governor’s Sage-Grouse Implementation Team mapping subcommittee, a meeting will be held at the Game and Fish office in Lander on April 14, at 6 p.m. for the purpose of deliberating proposals from the April 2 and April 9 meetings. A similar meeting will be held in Casper on May 5 at 6 p.m.at the Game and Fish office for the purpose of deliberating proposals from the April 28 meeting.

On April 15, the Governor’s Sage Grouse Implementation Team will meet at the Inn at Lander beginning at8:30 a.m. The team was formed by Gov. Matt Mead to address issues that come up with the implementation of the Sage Grouse Executive Order. The agenda for that meeting will be posted at:
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/web2011/wildlife-1000817.aspx