SF0088

Appropriates funds from the Wyoming wildlife and natural resource trust income account for eight large habitat and ecosystem restoration projects in 2025.

• Authorizes $620,000 grant to Wyoming Game and Fish Commission for Thunder Basin Habitat III project, involving rangeland restoration on 48,850 acres in northeast Wyoming for wildlife habitat and migration corridors. (Sec. 1(c))
• Authorizes $750,000 grant to Little Snake River Conservation District for Baggs Valley Headwaters III project, involving vegetation restoration on 5,300 acres in Carbon County. (Sec. 1(d))
• Authorizes $6,209,838 grant to Wyoming Department of Transportation for Kemmerer Highway 189 Migration project, involving fence construction and highway crossing infrastructure on 30 miles of roadway in Lincoln and Uinta counties. (Sec. 1(e))
• Authorizes $883,720 grant to Fremont County Weed and Pest District for Wind River Front Cheatgrass project, involving invasive grass removal on 48,000 acres in Fremont County. (Sec. 1(f))
• Authorizes $372,000 grant to Wyoming Game and Fish Commission for Seminoe Shirley Habitat II project, involving rangeland restoration on 100,000 acres in central Wyoming. (Sec. 1(g))
• Authorizes $4,500,000 grant to Sheridan County Weed and Pest District for NEWIGWG Cheatgrass project, involving invasive grass removal on 78,360 acres in multiple northern counties. (Sec. 1(h))
• Authorizes $1,400,000 grant to Teton County Weed and Pest District for Western Wyoming Cheatgrass project, involving invasive grass removal on 69,465 acres in western Wyoming. (Sec. 1(j))
• Authorizes $250,000 additional grant to Wyoming Game and Fish Commission for Upper Green Fence II project, involving fence renovation on 50 miles in Sublette County, bringing total project grant to $500,000. (Sec. 1(k))
• Authorizes $550,000 grant to Trout Unlimited for Wapiti Habitat Restoration project, involving river system restoration on 4 miles of the North Fork Shoshone River in Park County. (Sec. 1(m))