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New Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Trust Fund names board, sets rules timeline and wins committee approval to draft large-projects bill
Summary
The newly formed Wyoming Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Trust Fund presented its board makeup and timeline to the Select Natural Resource Funding Committee; the committee voted to let Legislative Service Office draft a large-projects bill in coordination with director Budd for consideration at the committee's next meeting.
Mark Tesoro, manager of the Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Office and secretary to the new Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Trust Fund board, and Jeremiah Grama, chair of the trust board, briefed the Select Natural Resource Funding Committee on July 30 about board appointments, rulemaking and a projected grant timetable.
Why it matters: The trust was created by recent legislation to support outdoor recreation and tourism projects statewide. Tesoro said the fund currently holds about $12 million and aims, over time, for a $200 million corpus modeled in part on the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust.
Board and timeline: Tesoro read…
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