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As corner crossing opens 3M acres to public, advocates urge caution

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by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFileAs access advocates celebrated a court decision guaranteeing access to 3 million acres of public land in Wyoming and five other states, they asked for caution, common sense and respect when corner crossing.Hunters, hikers and others who corner cross need to understand the entirety of the recent decision by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, parties in the dispute said this week. A voice for ranchers said cat…

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A recent ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could reshape public land access across the West, with significant implications for hunters and outdoor users in Northwest Colorado. The federal court’s decision in Iron Bar Holdings, LLC v. Cape upheld the legality of a long debated method of public land access known as “corner-crossing,” potentially opening thousands of previously unreachable acres to public access. The ruling stems fro…

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As corner crossing opens 3M acres to public, advocates urge caution

As access advocates celebrated a court decision guaranteeing access to 3 million acres of public land in Wyoming and five other states, they asked for caution, common sense and respect when corner crossing. Hunters, hikers and others who corner cross need to understand the entirety of the recent decision by the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, parties in the dispute said this week. A voice for ranchers said cattlemen were disappointed in the …

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Court Rules in Favor of Hunters in Wyoming Corner-Crossing Case

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Federal Appeals Court Sides with Corner-Crossing Hunters in Wyoming Dispute

A federal three-judge panel has sided with a group of hunters who faced civil trespassing charges stemming from elk-hunting excursions into "checkerboard" land in Carbon County, Wyoming. The hunters in question crossed from one Bureau of Land Management section to another on multiple occasions in 2020 and 2021. In the process, they raised the ire of Fred Eshelman, a pharmaceutical...

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