JOINT TRAVEL, RECREATION, WILDLIFE &

CULTURAL RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE

Tentative Agenda (revised 6-8-04)

June 17, 2004

School administration building

Thermopolis, Wyoming

8:30 a.m.         CALL TO ORDER

                        Roll call

8:35 a.m.         Alternative funding for state parks and cultural resources

                        Overview of current funding of state parks and sites

Suggested funding mechanisms/restructuring of current funding

Phil Noble, Director of Dept. of State Parks and Cultural Resources

Pat Green, State Parks and Historic Sites Division Director

Todd Thibodeau, Planning Consultant

10:30 a.m.       Site criteria update-status of current applications

Phil Noble, Director of Dept. of State Parks and Cultural Resources

Pat Green, State Parks and Historic Sites Division Director

11:00 a.m.       Wyoming territorial prison state park and historical site update

Phil Noble, Director of Dept. of State Parks and Cultural Resources

Pat Green, State Parks and Historic Sites Division Director

Tom Lindmier, Superintendent WTP

Linda Jones, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

Noon               Lunch

1:30 p.m.         Management and organizational changes for the Cultural Resources Division

                        Phil Noble, Director of Dept. of State Parks and Cultural Resources

Wendy Bredehoft, Administrator Cultural Resources Division

2:00 p.m.            Care and maintenance of state collections

                        Current state statutory and federal requirements and practices

Wendy Bredehoft, Administrator Cultural Resources Division

State library deposits – state and federal programs

Lesley Boughton, state librarian

                        Suggested changes to collection requirements and practices

4:00 p.m.            Tour of Legend Rock

June 18, 2004

School administration building

Thermopolis, Wyoming

8:00 a.m.         Governor's proposal for wildlife funding

                        Honorable Dave Freudenthal, Governor

9:00 a.m.            Alternative funding for Game and Fish Department

Overview of current funding sources - Bill Wichers, Deputy Director, Game and Fish

Other states' alternative funding sources

Suggested alternative funding mechanisms – Terry Cleveland, Director, Game and Fish

11:00 p.m.       Recreational opportunities-increasing game populations

                        Suggested habitat/access priorities

                        Steve Wolff – AquaticsHabitat Manager, Game and fish

Noon               Lunch

1:00 p.m.         Enforcement of off-road vehicle limitations

                        Current enforcement authority/proposed expanded authority of game wardens

                        U.S. Forest Service

Game and Fish Department, Jay Lawson, Chief, Wildlife Division, Scott Talbott, Assistant Chief

                        State Parks and Cultural Resources, Brad Hill

Kent Kleman, Acting State Staff Ranger, BLM

3:00 p.m.         Committee directives

ADJOURN