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Game and Fish pursues land for public access

BUFFALO — The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will vote at an upcoming meeting on whether to purchase the Ellis Sheep Company Ranch off of Hazleton Road for $3.45 million. The 2,640-acre parcel located in Johnson and Washakie counties would become a Wildlife Habitat Management Area.

According to the property listing by Pfister Land Co., the existing Ellis Sheep Company Ranch is a high mountain gr...