Criteria shall be
adopted for distributions from the
Income Account. These criteria will be
developed by the Board for awarding
grants based upon a priority ranking
system designed to achieve the
purposes of the Act and shall be
periodically re-evaluated by the
Board.
In establishing
grant criteria the Board shall, at a
minimum, include the ability of any
project to accomplish one (1) or more
of the following:
a)
improve and maintain existing
terrestrial habitat necessary to
maintain optimum wildlife
populations;
b)
preserve open spaces, by purchase or
acquisition of development
rights;
c)
improve and maintain existing aquatic
habitat necessary to maintain optimum
fish populations;
d)
acquire terrestrial or aquatic habitat
when existing habitat is determined
critical or is present in minimal
amounts, and acquisition presents the
necessary factor in attaining or
preserving desired wildlife or fish
population levels;
e)
conserve, maintain, protect and
develop wildlife resources, the
environment and Wyoming's natural
resource heritage;
f)
participate in water enhancement
projects to benefit aquatic habitat
for fish populations and allow for
other watershed enhancements that
benefit wildlife and other natural
resources;
g)
address and mitigate impacts
detrimental to wildlife habitat, the
environment, and the multiple use of
renewable natural resources
attributable to residential, mineral
and industrial development;
or
h)
mitigate conflicts and reduce the
potential for disease transmission
between wildlife and domestic
livestock.
