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After a year’s work to fashion a bill that would codify a federal court decision that corner-crossing is not trespassing, the committee’s efforts died in the most recent legislative session. Lawmakers amended the simple measure in so many ways that it became unpalatable for advocates of public access as well as landowners.Not sure if this has been posted yet. Wyoming has a bill in the process. Hopefully it passes.
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Reevaluate the current circumstances? The circumstances are that corner hopping from federal to federal is not illegal. It’s just that some people don’t want to lose exclusive access to land they don’t own or pay taxes on.After a year’s work to fashion a bill that would codify a federal court decision that corner-crossing is not trespassing, the committee’s efforts died in the most recent legislative session. Lawmakers amended the simple measure in so many ways that it became unpalatable for advocates of public access as well as landowners.
Nethercott, the Republican majority floor leader and Management Council member from Cheyenne, said there’s nothing to be gained from further work on the topic, starting just weeks after the bill died.
“A cooling-off period, I think, is appropriate,” Nethercott said. Public land access and corner crossing remain important, she said, but a rest “just allows everybody to reevaluate the current circumstances.”
Lawmakers kick corner crossing can but OK power rate review, curling-stone study - WyoFile
Mother of all committees wants legislators to examine maternity-care deserts, public records access, wild horse slaughter, threats to Miracle Mile fishery.
I had to reread that like 4 times before the double negative cleared itself in my un fully caffeinated state.
Sadly, the double negative seems to be the only appropriate descriptor, as from what I understand per the Appeals Court decision, it is not illegal, (and cannot be made illegal per the UIA), but also seems it has no codified law making it “lawful”.
It is not illegal simply because there is no law making it "legal". It's the other way around.
Uhhh, the courts have ruled in the 10th...might want to get yourself up to speed.
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And just to add, zero (none) corner crossing court cases were brought forward in Montana this past hunting season and there has never been anyone prosecuted for it in the state either.Uhhh, the courts have ruled in the 10th...might want to get yourself up to speed.
Corner crossing is 100% legal in that jurisdiction.
Supreme Court declines to take up landowner appeal in corner-crossing case
The court’s decision leaves an access patchwork across the West.
There wouldn't be in Wyoming either except for the greed of Elk Mountain Ranch where I used to hunt until they figured out how lucrative the trespass fees where that some people are willing to pay. They stopped letting people hunt for free and also started blocking the federal land on that ranch. Greed for trespass fees sometimes 5 figures is what is really driving a lot of this.
