2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 36 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12 - STATE CONTROL OF CERTAIN LAND
36-12-102. Management.

(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.