Natural gas boom impacts rural Wyoming town

Natural Gas Boom Impacts Rural Wyoming Town: A natural gas boom in Wyoming has had both positive and negative impacts on a once small town.

The Green River Valley of Wyoming is in the middle of a natural gas boom. Pinedale, in rural Sublette County, is ground zero. It's where companies, like EnCana USA, have rushed to take advantage of the current energy crisis and have started a massive drilling operation in the Jonah Field, considered the richest natural gas deposit in the country.

But as the rigs move closer and closer to the edge of town, lighting up the Western Sky at night, some residents say the price they're paying for the good things is too high.

LINDA BAKER, Upper Green Valley Coalition: This place stops my heart every time I look at it.

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