CHEYENNE — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday gave Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman until July 16 to petition the court to review a corner crossing case that has implications for public lands access and private property rights across millions of acres in the West.

Meanwhile, a hunters group that’s been advocating for public access in the case says it’s ready should the legal fight reach the nation’s highest court.

Gorsuch was responding to a request by Eshelman’s counsel, Robert Reeves Anderson, that the Supreme Court extend a deadline for the petition. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a federal Wyoming judge’s decision that Eshelman cannot block people from corner crossing to reach public property.

Without an extension, Eshelman had until June 16 to file a pe

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