Wolf plan
The final draft of the Wyoming Wolf Management Plan is now available on
the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s website for public review. The
official public comment period began on Nov. 8, 2002, and closed Dec. 12,
2002, months before the Wyoming Legislature passed legislation declaring
wolves to have dual classification in the state. The final draft plan is
substantially different from that proposed to the public last November,
but no additional public comment is being solicited by WG&F.
Instead, the WG&F Commission will meet next week in Sheridan and is slated
to take official action on the wolf plan at 10:15 on Tuesday, July 29.
According to WG&F: “Oral comments on all commission agenda items,
including the wolf management plan, will be heard at the commission
meeting in Sheridan on July 28, from approximately 2:05 p.m. to 2:35 p.m.
and on July 29, 2003, from approximately 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
“Based upon the number of people desiring to comment on agenda items, time
will be limited to assure everyone present has time to comment.”
The official commission agenda states: “Public comment will not be
accepted during agenda item presentation.”
So the public can speak about the draft wolf plan in one of the two time
slots prior to the agenda item being heard, but cannot give input once the
item has been presented by department personnel and prior to the official
action. This is a new schedule for providing for public comment at
commission meetings, instituted in the last few months.
The WG&F Commission meeting will be held at the Best Western Sheridan
Center in Sheridan.