The “Wyoming Public Lands Day” bill has had it’s name changed to the very verbose name of “Wyoming Multiple Use of Public Lands Day.” WYHAA Opposes this name change and we are asking for your help.
What is Multiple Use?
An Act from 1976 mandates the management of public land resources for a variety of uses, such […]
February 8, 2017
A bill proposed by U.S. Representative Liz Cheney passed the House yesterday that would scrap a set of new BLM rules that allow for increased public input in land management processes. The proposal will now come before the U.S. Senate.
The new rules, called “Planning 2.0,” were developed over the course of several years […]
January 26, 2017
Under intense public pressure from a wide range of public land supporters, Wyoming State Senate President Eli Bebout announced Friday he would kill a proposed state constitutional amendment to lay the groundwork for transferring federal public lands in Wyoming to the state. Bebout, an ardent public land transfer advocate, said he would not […]
Jan. 6, 2017
On its first day of the 115th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives voted for a rule change that fast tracks the transfer of federal public lands to states. Wyoming’s lone House representative, Liz Cheney, voted in favor of the rule change.
Her vote Tuesday directly counters the wishes of a majority of Wyoming residents who […]
Jan. 4, 2017
A video WYHAA produced about opposition at a legislative subcommittee hearing to a proposed state constitutional amendment that would lay the groundwork for public land transfer went viral on Facebook. We posted it yesterday, at it already has more than 100,000 views. Seems lots of people oppose public land transfer (though you wouldn’t know […]
November 4, 2016
We’ve been hearing this a lot lately in response to our mailers and other WYHAA communications. But are you sure your representative hasn’t already voted in favor of selling your public lands?
When we say a state legislator “voted to sell public lands,” we’re referring to bills like House Bill 209 (2015), which demanded the federal […]
October 19, 2016
“Wyoming sportsmen and women are not surprised by the conclusion offered up by the long-awaited Study on the Management of Public Lands,” Max Ludington, board member of the Wyoming Hunters and Anglers Alliance, stated today. “The study concludes state management of federal lands would be ‘unlikely to accomplish the goal of markedly better managed […]
