Protecting the ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ Draws Support, but Must Again Overcome Industry Resistance

Protecting Wyoming's ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ draws support, but must overcome resistance

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon’s 2019 executive order took the power to designate migration corridors out of Game and Fish’s hands, and instead created the more labyrinthine process playing out now.

Protecting the ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ draws support, but must again overcome industry resistance

by Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile When it comes to designating Wyoming’s first migration corridor in over six years, retired sage grouse biologist Tom Christiansen puts it bluntly.  “If not now, when?” Christiansen wrote in a comment letter to his former employer, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. “If we fail to designate the Sublette Antelope Corridor, what is the point of the Executive Order?” Precipitated by industry concerns, Gov. Mark Gordon’s 2…