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Casper to resume talks with Conservation Fund and BLM on Trail Center acreage; council seeks boundary clarifications
Summary
City staff said it will reopen negotiations with the Conservation Fund and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) about a parcel surrounding the Trail Center, while council members requested protection of a corner for parking and asked staff to confirm legal and procedural details before any sale.
Phil Sinnerlife, city staff, told the Casper City Council that staff wants to reopen conversations with the Conservation Fund and the Bureau of Land Management about land around the Trail Center that the BLM has identified as of interest for future programming and conservation.
Sinnerlife said the parcel in question is city-owned and any transfer would be between the city and the BLM, with the Conservation Fund acting as an intermediary to facilitate the transaction and to assist with funds the BLM could bring to the project. He said the Conservation Fund’s role is to “work for the both of us and can make that facilitation happen” and that the BLM’s stated goal is to keep the property from being sold for private development and to preserve it for future programming and conservation.
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