ASSOCIATED PRESS
CASPER, Wyo.
– Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon’s office is taking public comment on a proposed
executive order aimed at protecting migration corridors that are used by mule
deer and antelope.
Wyoming is
home to the world’s longest intact mule deer and pronghorn antelope migration
corridors, and they are essential to maintaining wildlife populations,
according to Gordon’s draft order.
The proposal
would designate three existing migration corridors, establish a process for
designating others and call on government agencies to protect the annual
movement of the animals and try to minimize disturbances to the corridors on
public land.
Gordon plans
to release a final order early next year.
