19-7-209. Military department range management operations; account; administration; rulemaking.
(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.