Wyoming man can legally reach his land, but lawsuit contends he can’t stop to hunt public land along the way (copy)

A large landowner is suing his Wyoming neighbor in an effort to stop him from hunting thousands of acres of “landlocked” public land that he crosses to reach his cabin in the Powder River Basin.

The lawsuit by Frank and Michael Maestri argues that Rozet resident Calvin Ten Braak has been violating the terms of a road easement leading to his property by hunting on public land along the approximately 10-mile-long route. The dispute came to light in June, when Ten Braak was sent a cease-and-desist letter from the Maestris, who had recently purchased thousands of acres of private land that Ten Braak’s easement also cuts through.

“The purpose of the Easement is to allow access to the grantees’ property, not public property,” states the cease-and-desist letter, signed by Sheridan attorney Cole