Recent content by DLarner

Not entirely correct. The $400k does go in a trust, the interest is used to pay the stakeholders (schools primarily). There was no mention of these funds being used to purchase additional lands which I believe may go against statute (its a bit ambiguous but is limited what the state can do...

This may not have bearing on the proposal but the ranch's owner contributed a substantial amount of money to the now governor's campaign fund, on the surface it stinks of political favors but that may not be the case.

Here is an article that sheds some light on the issues: https://www.thesheridanpress.com/news/local/proposed-land-exchange-raises-questions-of-access-value-process/article_74d450c4-b32e-11eb-a98d-6f0c21d26abc.html You can email your comments to the Deputy Director of State Lands for the record...

The existing state land is NOT landlocked, there is access and it adjoins other state land which isn't in the trade. It does require some hiking to get to this piece of state land. For those not familiar with this part of Wyoming, ranches against the mountains typically sell for substantially...