CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Gov. Dave Freudenthal says he expects Wyoming to continue getting less homeland security funding, but isn't sure how much less.

That's because the federal government is working on a risk-based system of allocating homeland security funds. Lawmakers from large states, like New York, complained after more sparsely populated states like Wyoming received more funding per person.

Freudenthal said there was speculation before last year's elections that Wyoming's funding would be cut, but authorities assured him that wouldn't happen.

"Subsequent to the election, the grant came in and it was reduced," he said.

Freudenthal was referring to the main grant to run the state's homeland security program for the 2005 cycle. The program was set up in 2003.

Larry Majerus, deputy director of the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security/Emergency Management, said this year's grant is 37 percent less than last year's. At the same time, money to cities and counties was cut 22 percent.

"Just in those two categories of grant funding, we've seen those kinds of declines," he said.

He expects those cuts to be followed by more cuts once a risk-based formula is developed. "It's really hard for us to forecast anything," he said.

Information from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, http://www.wyomingnews.com