Governor Gordon appointed eight members to the Baggs Mule Deer Local Area Working Group in consultation with the Carbon County Commission. The charge for this group was to make recommendations about additional opportunities for conservation as well as to examine the impacts of all restrictions on development and use of lands encompassed in the designated Baggs Mule Deer Migration Corridor.

It was a limited-duration working group that met in person in Baggs during Summer 2021. At the culmination of the process, the group summarized its recommendations for Governor Gordon's consideration in a final report (see below).

Baggs Migration Corridor Local Area Working Group members:

Local Government -- Carbon County Commissioner John Espy

Agriculture -- Meghan Lally and John Hansen

Industry -- Clay Evans (oil and gas) and Oscar Paulson (mining)

Wildlife/conservation/hunting -- Fred Lindzey and Chris Herold

Motorized recreation -- Justin Carrico

All meetings were open to the public and held in-person. A remote dial-in option was available for those who could not attend in-person.

Meeting #1: June 17th @ 8:30-4:00pm

Location:

Little Snake River Valley Community Education Center, 360 Whippoorwill Drive, Baggs, WY 82321

Meeting #1 Agenda

Meeting #2: June 24th @ 9:30-4:00pm

Location:

Little Snake River Valley Community Education Center, 360 Whippoorwill Drive, Baggs, WY 82321

Meeting #2 Agenda

Recordings & Meeting Materials

Meeting #1 -- June 17th, 2021

• Recording

• Presentations:

  • Migration EO Background and Implementation (Governor's Office)

  • Migration Corridor 101 (WGFD)

  • WGFD's role in corridor review (WGFD)

  • WGFD project review process (WGFD)

  • Baggs Mule Deer Herd and Migration Corridor (WGFD)

  • Overlapping Protections (WGFD)

Meeting #2 -- June 25th, 2021

• Recording part 1 & Recording part 2

• Maps:

  • DEQ permitted development within the corridor

  • Uranium mining claim within the corridor

  • Roads within the Baggs corridor

  • 2021 cheatgrass treatments within the Baggs corridor

  • WGFD buck GPS collar points

  • Baggs highway underpasses

1. Baggs Working Group Meeting Packet (includes key reference documents)

2. Migration Corridor DRAFT FAQs (3/1/21)

3. Baggs Working Group Final Recommendations (8/3/21)