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Group pushes 'dirty air' status
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-06-21 A citizen coalition in Sublette County has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate the county as a "dirty air" area following several ozone warnings this winter. ... more>
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Group sues to block drilling
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-06-18 A conservation group asked a federal judge Wednesday to halt further drilling within the booming Pinedale Anticline natural gas field in western Wyoming. ... more>
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Speakers call for better planning
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-05-24 Oil and gas development in Wyoming has been planned in a "piecemeal" fashion thus far, sometimes on a well-by-well basis, biologists and conservationists argued Friday. ... more>
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Group plans protest of Sublette air problems
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-05-05 It may be a sit-in, but this isn't the 1960s -- and these folks ain't rabble-rousers. ... more>
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More wells under new rules would improve Sublette air, officials say
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-04-25 It might seem like an absurd argument to make: If operators are allowed to drill 4,400 new gas wells in the Pinedale Anticline, the field will create less air pollution than it currently does with fewer than 1,000 wells. ... more>
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Pinedale people fume on ozone
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-04-22 This little mountain town has had some big-city-like air pollution in recent winters, and some folks here are fuming. ... more>
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Ozone: 'A significant concern'
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-04-12 Gov. Dave Freudenthal says the state must be involved in any independent investigation into the health effects of increased natural gas drilling in southwest Wyoming. ... more>
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Letter to BLM: 'Whoa, slow down'
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-04-08 Pinedale-area scientists and health professionals are calling on Gov. Dave Freudenthal and state and federal agencies to complete a more scrupulous investigation into the potential human health impacts of expanded natural gas drilling in Sublette County. ... more>
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Ozone level limit lower
(Pinedale Roundup) 2008-03-20 After Sublette County experienced its highest ozone levels ever in the past few weeks, it now carries a whole new burden on improving air quality standards. ... more>
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New air quality rules could affect Pinedale area
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-03-13 New, stricter air quality rules could have implications for Wyoming's Pinedale region, which has seen elevated ozone levels in three of the past four winters, air quality advocates said Wednesday. ... more>
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Ozone levels rise again in Sublette
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-03-11 For the third time in 12 days, authorities have issued an ozone advisory for the Pinedale area.
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The Last Place This Should Be
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-03-07 PINEDALE -- Some people here were alarmed following an air pollution advisory that warned people in the region about elevated, and potentially harmful, concentrations of ozone in the air.
After a boom in gas development in recent years -- and in the context of ongoing proposals for large-scale expansion of gas extraction -- many locals were wondering this week what the air is going to be like when thousands of more wells are drilled in the Upper Green River Basin. ... more>
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State issues ozone warning
(Casper Star Tribune) 2008-02-28 LANDER -- Elevated levels of a potentially toxic air pollutant in the Pinedale region prompted the Department of Environmental Quality to issue an air pollution advisory Wednesday.
Relatively high levels of ozone, a noxious gas and respiratory irritant, have been recorded by DEQ monitors at Boulder, Daniel and at the Jonah natural gas field this past week.
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EPA slams new plan for Sublette gas field
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2008-02-20 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency excoriated a plan for more wells on the Pinedale Anticline last week, citing deficiencies in the analysis of the effects of development on air quality and ground water. ... more>
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BLM releases Anticline options
(Casper Star Tribune) 2007-12-29 The Bureau of Land Management on Friday issued details of two additional management options for natural gas development in the Pinedale Anticline.
People interested in how energy development and wildlife are managed on the Anticline can review and comment on the revised draft supplemental environmental impact statement. The deadline to comment on the document is Feb. 11. ... more>
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Most favor conservation plan for Pinedale management area
(Casper Star Tribune) 2007-06-25 The public, organizations and agencies flooded the Pinedale BLM with comment letters on its 1.2-million-acre Resource Management Plan, to the tune of nearly 100,000 letters. Most letters favor an environmentally preferred plan that would allow energy development while protecting sensitive areas in the Upper Green River Valley. (32K) ... more>
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At a crossroads: energy push in wildlife country
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2007-06-13 Part I: In Sublette County, big-game animals lose ground against big oil. (500K) ... more>
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Report: Drilling squeezes hunters, habitat
(Casper Star Tribune) 2007-05-02 Loss of wildlife habitat and fewer places for sportsmen to hunt in the West are blamed in a new report on Bush administration energy policies that spurred a boom in oil and gas drilling.
Drilling on federal wildlife habitat in five Western states doubled over the last decade, to more than 2,000 wells per year, almost 900 in Wyoming, according to the report by the Environmental Working Group and the National Wildlife Federation. (20K)
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EPA, DEQ rap Anticline plan
(Casper Star Tribune) 2007-04-18 Two agencies charged with protecting the environment are asking BLM to do more for the Pinedale Anticline to ensure natural resources are protected in light of growing natural gas development. The Environmental Protection Agency and Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality both asked the BLM to tighten the reins on development in their official comments on the Pinedale Anticline supplemental draft environmental impact statement. That document calls for a significant increase in energy activity in the area. ... more>
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Public comments: Slow development
(Casper Star Tribune) 2007-04-15 Public hearings on BLM's proposal to manage lands in the Upper Green found that citizens want the agency to slow energy development and do more to protect wildlife and natural resources. Not one member of the public speaking at the four meetings supported the BLM's preferred alternative, which leaves open large areas of the 1.2-million-acre Pinedale resource area to oil and gas development. ... more>
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Scientists: More rigs bad for wildlife, air
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2007-04-04 Biologists and evironmental experts say the proposed expansion on the Pinedale Anticline is a no-win situation for wildlife and air quality in the Upper Green River Valley. (200K) ... more>
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Mass hysteria may have led to accident
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2007-02-21 In what is believed to be the worst roadkill in Wyoming history, 21 pronghorn were killed in a Jan. 15 collision involving a water-hauling truck on the Jonah gas field. (100K) ... more>
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Citizens stand against 4,399 more wells on the Anticline
(Pinedale Roundup) 2007-02-15 Sublette County residents told the BLM at a Feb. 13 meeting in Pinedale about their concerns for wildlife habitat, air quality and socio-economic impacts stemming from oil and gas drilling in the Upper Green River Valley. Not one citizen spoke in support of increased development proposed for the Pinedale Anticline gas field. (150K) ... more>
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Groups: Energy plan doesn't go far enough
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2007-02-14 Conservation groups say the Pinedale Resource Management Plan doesn't protect enough land and could provide loopholes for energy developers. The proposed plan would make available about 1 million acres for energy development and would protect some sensitive wildlife habitat. (100K) ... more>
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BLM pulls Sublette lease parcels after glitch.
(Casper Star Tribune) 2007-02-05 Federal land managers pulled nearly every parcel slated for the February lease auction in Sublette County following protests by citizens and groups around the state, and managers say the parcels were mistakenly slated for lease. The agency says it inadvertently listed eight parcels near the DeSmet monument, in the the Ryegrass area and near the Hoback Ranches.(20K)
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Citizens protest parcel in BLM's February lease sale
(Pinedale Roundup) 2007-01-18 Daniel residents have lodged a protest against the proposed sale of an energy lease near the site of the Green River Rendevous and DeSmet Monument, citing the potential impacts oil and gas drilling would have to the area's cultural resources and wildlife. (353K) ... more>
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Study shows effects of drilling on air quality
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2007-01-17 Air quality in Grand Teton National Park, the Gros Ventre Wilderness, the Bridger Wilderness would likely suffer from the edxpansion of ill and gas drillin in the Pinedale Anticline. (261K) ... more>
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Study: Pinedale wells would hurt wildlife
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2007-01-10 Additional oil and gas wells on the Pinedale Anticline would create barriers to wildlife and fragment habitat, according to an environmental impact statement. The BLM is proposing 4,399 new wells on 12,278 acres and allowing winter drilling in crucial big game habitat. The BLM’s plan came in tandem with a mule deer study, focusing on the northern half of the Pinedale Anticline, that shows a 46 percent decline in the mule deer population since drilling began. (20K)
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Feds want more wells even as deer decline
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2006-12-20 The BLM has proposed a substantial increase in the number of wells on the Pinedale Anticline along with winter drilling in crucial big game habitat, even as the mule deer population has fallen 46 percent in the area.
In a document released this month, the BLM proposed 4,399 new wells on 12,278 acres. The BLM request comes in tandem with a new mule deer study, focusing on the northern half of the Pinedale Anticline, that shows a 46 percent decline in the mule deer population since drilling began in the area.(20K) ... more>
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Plan calls for drilling expansion
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-12-17 The BLM has released a long-awaited study that could dramatically expand natural gas drilling on the Pinedale Anticline, allowing up to 4,400 wells. (16K) ... more>
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BLM pulls energy leses
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-12-07 In a rare move, BLM officials withdrew two parcels in the Upper Green River Valley from an energy lease sale upon recommendation of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. The two parcels north of Daniel are on wildlife migration routes used by pronghorn and mule deer, and also cover an important sage grouse lek. (15K) ... more>
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ExxonMobil pile leaks toxic gas
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-11-23 A ruptured underground flowline carrying sour gas from an ExxonMobil well 15 miles southwest of Big Piney released large amounts of hydrogen sulfide in a Nov. 15 mishap. The company's safety mechanisms shut-in the well but not before 3.5 tons of the deadly, flammable gas escaped, creating a 10-foot hole at the site of the rupture. (174K) ... more>
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BLM lease sale offers land north of Daniel
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-11-23 More than 11,000 acres of energy leases in Sublette County are to be auctioned in December, marking a trend toward expanding oil and gas development into new areas of the Upper Green. Several conservation groups are protesting the sale of some of the parcels because of their proximity to crucial wildlife habitat and quality recreation opportunities. (350K) ... more>
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Feds OK drilling on wildlife winter range
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2006-11-15 The BLM's Pinedale Field Office has granted 13 of 22 requests to continue oil and gas operations in wildlife habitat past the winter close date, against the recommendations of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Earlier this month wildlife officials released a document highlighting the poor condition of forage growth in the region. (240K) ... more>
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Game and Fish takes a stand
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-11-02 The Wyoming Game and Fish Department in the past has approved of some natural gas drilling during the winter in crucial big game winter range around Pinedale. Not this year. The department is asking that no new winter drilling exceptions be granted to energy companies this winter, after surveys of shrub and forage growth in the area determined the past growing season has been "abysmal." (20K)
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Wilderness Society releases list of "Too Wild to Drill" areas
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-10-19 Government policies that will "dramatically escalate the number of new gas and oil wells on public lands" are having devastating implicatios for Western lands, according to a Wilderness Society study. The report, "Too Wild to Drill," highlights 17 natural areas including the Upper Green and Wyoming Range that are "especially vulnerable" to drilling. (130K) ... more>
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'We're going to feel it'
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-10-14 The news is not that oil and gas development is ramping up throughout the state. Instead, the news is that the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is increasingly taking notice. The department has mapped projections for development across the state, and overlapped those projections with wildlife habitat, showing a grim picture for wildlife's future. (40K)
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Jonah reevaluated for air quality, health concerns
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-10-12 Air quality concerns have prompted several green groups to ask the Interior Board of Land Appeals to reevaluate their petitions for a stay on the Jonah infill. In light of a recent EPA decision to tighten standards on ambient levels of fine particulate, it appears projected emissions from the Jonah will jeopardize human health, the groups argue. (130K) ... more>
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Greens sound alarm on drilling pollution
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2006-10-11 Estimates show that fine particulate matter in teh air above the Jonah Field would exceed EPA standars if the proposed 3,100 infill wells were built using current technology. (120K) ... more>
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Falling short
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-09-01 Protection against and monitoring of environmental impacts have fallen short of initial plans for energy development in the Jonah and Pinedale Anticline natural fields, according to an internal BLM memo.
The 15-page document outlines requirements that have not been met by either the agency or companies developing the massive gas fields in the Upper Green River Valley. (20K)
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Are wildlife and drilling mutually exclusive?
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-08-31 Multiple studies are in the works to determine the extent to which Upper Green energy development displaces the region's world-class wildlife. This article examines sage grouse studies conducted by Wyoming Wildlife Consultants.(300K) ... more>
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NOx levels rising
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-08-10 The brown haze permeating the air around Pinedale is starting to pique noses at the BLM. The agency vows to do a better job monitoring nitrous oxide emissions from the Pinedale Anticline gas field, as required under the Record of Decision authorizing this massive natural gas project. (185K) ... more>
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Antelope avoid drilling, study finds
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-06-22 In the first year of a pronghorn study funded by industry, reserachers have found pronghorn tend to shun gas field development in the Upper Green. Radio-collared animals did not even step foot in the Jonah field, according to the study by the Wildlife Conservation Society. ... more>
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Study shows drilling affects grouse numbers
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-06-15 A progress report released by BLM-funded researchers suggests that leks near coalbed methane development are used less frequently by mating sage grouse. (183K) ... more>
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Boom could last 35 years
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-06-01 Fifty rigs could be drilling Sublette County for the next 35 years. Sounds far-fetched? It isn't. ... more>
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Forty-two percent of Sublette herd fawns presumed dead
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-05-25 At least 42 percent of fawns in the Sublette mule deer herd died this winter, marking the third highest loss in thepast 14 years and the highest during a mild winter. (40K) ... more>
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South county to bear brunt of oil and gas population boom
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-05-25 At least 6,000 oil and gas industry workers are expected to settle in Sublette County in the next 10 years with the majority most likely to live in the Big Piney area. (40K) ... more>
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Biologist: Protect pronghorn migration route
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2006-05-24 For more than 5,800 years, pronghorn have made the longest land migration in the lower 48 states, 180 miles round-trip between their winter range south of Pinedale and summer home in Grand Teton National Park. Today subdivisions, roads and drill rigs crowd their migration route, prompting efforts by wildlife conservationists to advance measures to safeguard these corridors. (472K) ... more>
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BLM rejects panel's deer stance
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-05-18 One of the crucial pieces authorizing energy development on the Pinedale Anticline has been the concept of "adaptive management" -- adjusting drilling and other plans based on impacts observed as development progresses. But with mule deer numbers dropping and no dramatic steps being taken to correct the problem, some wonder if adaptive management will ever be seen. (20K)
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Are drilling emissions killing our high mountain lakes?
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-05-18 Lake samples taken from the Bridger Wilderness indicate troubling levels of acidification and loss of oxygen, according to monitoring report submitted to the Pinedale Anticle Working Group. (40K) ... more>
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BLM draws fire
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-05-17 What was once hailed as a model in cooperation is now mired in chaos and confusion as the BLM again revamps a community advisory board in Pinedale, and members are wondering about their role. Some members of the group have even gone so far as to declare the Pinedale Anticline Workign Group "dead."
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BLM rejects deer recommendations: PAWG debates formulating a deer plan
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-04-26 BLM's Pinedale field manager has rejected working group recommendations to stem the losses of wintering mule deer on the Pinedale Anticline. (56K) ... more>
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Groups appeal Jonah
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2006-04-16 Several conservation groups and a petroleum company filed appeals contesting the BLM’s decision to permit the drilling of up to 3,100 new wells in the Jonah Field, which has become the focus of a debate regarding energy development and its effects on the environment. The Upper Green Valley Coalition filed one appeal challenging degradation of air quality the group says the infill drilling project will cause. (20K)
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Conservationists rally against drilling plan
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-04-14 Pinedale eighth-grader Tracey McCarty wanted to find out about ozone levels in Sublette County when she began a prize-winning science fair project last November. With the increased development in the Jonah natural gas fields in southwest Wyoming and 3,100 more wells planned, McCarty wondered whether gas development affected ground-level air quality, specifically ozone levels. So she set up an experiment designed to measure ozone levels at four locations around Pinedale. What she found were ozone levels exceeding national standards. (20K) ... more>
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Deer herds down nearly 30 percent
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-04-06 The Sublette and Wyoming Range mule deer herds have declined by 29.5 percent, according to estimates by state wildlife officials. While harsh weather and drought are the suspected chief causes of the decline, some officials fear future energy drilling could keep the herds from rebounding. (175K) ... more>
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Ozone spikes in Jonah Field
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-03-30 Two sudden spikes in ozone concentrations in the Jonah Field have baffled the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. For the second year, ozone has risen to levels that can harm human health. Ozone forms when engine exhaust, such as the gases pouring out Jonah's drill rigs, reacts with sunlight. (67K) ... more>
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'Blind rush' or 'balanced' plan?
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-03-15 Federal and industry officials say a plan approved this week to significantly boost natural gas production from the Upper Green's Jonah Field contain adequate protection for wildlife and the environment. But conservationists said the "infill" drilling project is a gamble that could prove devastating to wildlife and the environment. (20K)
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PAWG calls for no further decline in Mesa mule deer
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-03-02 Actions should be taken to ensure that wintering mule deer no further decline on the Mesa, according to recommendations to the BLM made by the Pinedale Anticline Working Group. The advisory group urged land managers to ensure that any undisturbed habitat useful to deer be maintained. (71K) ... more>
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Pinedale biologist blasts BLM
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-03-02 The head wildlife biologist for the BLM's Pinedale Field Office, Steve Belinda, has resigned saying the BLM had no interest in working on wildlife issues, only gas development. (68K) ... more>
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BLM underestimating Jonah Field's impact on air quality, some say
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-01-30 Air quality will likely suffer more than federal officials are estimating in their plan to expand drilling for the Jonah natural gas field, some conservationists say.
The BLM's estimations of air emissions are overly rosy, as the agency assumes operators on the Jonah Field will use newer technology to reduce emissions, said Bruce Pendery, public lands director with the Wyoming Outdoor Council. (20K)
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Male grouse avoid drilling sites, researcher says
(Casper Star Tribune) 2006-01-20 Sage grouse appear to avoid traditional breeding grounds the closer they are to oil and gas activity, new research shows. A study conducted by University of Wyoming doctoral student Matthew Holloran found declines in breeding males at leks within 3.1 miles of drilling rigs in the Pinedale Anticline and Jonah natural gas fields in western Wyoming. In addition, he said the effects on grouse behavior and populations continued even after oil and gas activity ended. (12K)
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BLM approves 3,100 wells in the Jonah Field
(Pinedale Roundup) 2006-01-19 With the release of its final Environmental Impact Statement on the Jonah Infill, the BLM is poised to authorize 3,100 new wells in the Upper Green's busiest gas field. The agency's preferred alternative allows surface disturbance on two-thirds of the 30,500-acre field and well spacings down to one well every five acres. (243K) ... more>
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Sage grouse leaving gas fields
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-12-29 If seasonal drilling restrictions were abandoned for the Upper Green's natural gas fields, sage grouse would be gone from critical breeding and nesting habitat within four to six years, according to an industry-funded study by University of Wyoming scientists. (75K) ... more>
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Study shows spike in Sublette crime
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-12-11 A report on crime rates in Sublette County shows a rapid increase in arrests since the natural gas boom began, but some say the data provide a simple snapshot and do not take into account other variables. Prepared by sociologist Jeffrey Jacquet, the report analyzes population trends and crime rates from 1995 to 2004. Since 1995, population has increased by almost 21 percent in Sublette County, while the number of arrests has increased by 270 percent. (20K)
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Researchers say drilling displaces wildlife
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2005-12-07 As researchers presented data showing how the Pinedale gas boom is displacing wildlife, a BLM biologists suggest that the agency needs to find ways to adapt to such findings.(231K) ... more>
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Poaching in the oil patch
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-11-26 Wyoming Game and Fish officials are concerned about a rise in wildlife poaching around drilling sites in southwest Wyoming. Charges have been filed againts drill hands in three recent cases. (20K) ... more>
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Questar gets 7th winter rig
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-11-17 (Pinedale Roundup) 2005-11-17 The BLM has approved Questar's request to operate another drill rig year-round in crucial big game winter range on the Pinedale Anticline. The move, which allows Questar to also complete wells during winter, comes without fielding public comment and in the face of opposition from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (116K) ... more>
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Feds eye drilling on critical winter range
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2005-10-26 The BLM is considering a proposal from energy companies to drill year-round in crucial winter range on the Pinedale Anticline. The firms will agree to reduce their development footprint in exchange for the removal of drilling stipulations designed to protect wildlife. (85K) ... more>
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Game & Fish won't support elimination of wildlife restrictions on the Mesa
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-10-20 Wyoming state wildlife officials are resisting calls for the wholesale removal of seasonal closures on energy development activities in crucial winter habitat, such as the Pinedale Anticline, the Upper Green's busy gas field where operators are pushing to drill year-round. (74K) ... more>
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Mesa Deer Numbers Down 46 Percent
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-10-13 An estimated 46 percent of the Pinedale Anticline's winter mule deer herd has disappeared, according to an ongoing multi-year study funded by Questar, BLM and Wyoming Game and Fish. Meanwhile, deer numbers of the control population on the Wind River Front remained stable, suggesting aggresive energy development on the Anticline could be to blame, say the report's authors. (120K) ... more>
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Report: Anticline deer numbers drop
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-10-08 Seasonal drilling restrictions on the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field may not be helping mule deer, which appear to be avoiding development areas regardless of activity levels, according to an annual report of a multi-year study. "Estimates of deer abundance on the Mesa have significantly declined since development began," states the report by Cheyenne biologist Hall Sawyer. (20K) ... more>
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Cubin, Freudenthal differ on drilling
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-10-05 Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal criticized U.S. House Republicans pushing for sweeping exemptions of environmental protections regarding oil and gas development in general and winter drilling stipulations in particular. The Democratic governor sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., taking issue with proposed actions that would lift seasonal wildlife restrictions -- an issue at the forefront of natural gas development in western Wyoming. (19K)
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Drillers want year-round access
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-09-29 The day after winning a short-term exemption for a small-scale "demonstration" of winter drilling critical big game winter range in the Pinedale Anticline, a trio of natural gas developers jointly submitted another proposal to remove seasonal stipulations and make year-round drilling the industry standard in winter range. (20K) ... more>
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Haze in Pinedale: DEQ looks at NOx
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-09-22 An analysis by Wyoming environmental officials has found that most of the nitrous oxide hazing the skies over the Upper Green River Valley and surrounding Wilderness comes from local oil and gas development, not distant power plants. (149K) ... more>
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Impacts of winter drilling still in question
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-09-22 Year-round drilling on the Pinedale Anticline will not stabilize the local economy unless there is a substantial increase in affordable housing and second jobs, according to a study conducted by the University of Wyoming on behalf of Shell. (61K) ... more>
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Group: Seismic studies, hunting don't mix
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-09-10 Bridger-Teton National Forest officials agreed to suspend all nautral gas seismic exploration activty near LaBarge for the rest of the 2005 hunting season. The decision was applauded by the Wyoming Wildlife Federation, which appealed an earlier decision to allow seismic activity in the popular mule deer hunting area in the Upper Green River Valley. (20K) ... more>
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12,000 wells on the Anticline?
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-08-25 The 10-acre downhole spacing approved Aug. 9 by the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission could mean thousands natual gas wells for the Pinedale Anticline project, which was approved in 2000 for 700 producing wells. (127K) ... more>
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Drilling projects to bring haze to parks, wilderness
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2005-08-17 Oil and gas drilling in Wyoming could dirty the skies, for at least a few days, over Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, according to a BLM air-quality report. That finding has one Jackson officials calling on community leaders to enter the fray over energy development in nearby Sublette County.(187K) ... more>
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BLM 'experiment' has rough start
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-08-14 Believing the BLM wasn't listening to the advice of a federal advisory group working on natural gas development on the Pinedale Anticline, group member Kirby Hedrick abruptly walked out of a meeting last week in Pinedale. Hedrick's resignation highlights the difficulties and problems that have plagued the BLM's experimental adaptive management team known as the Pinedale Anticline Working Group. (21K) ... more>
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BLM: Drilling will bring haze
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-08-11 For the first time, public land officals acknowledge that increased natural gas drilling in Sublette County will possibly reduce visibility in Wyoming's two national parks--as well as five Wilderness areas and a roadless area. The BLM, in a supplemental air quality study for the Jonah Infill Drilling Project, said the cummulative effects of more dirlling will likely lead to haze above acceptable threshholds in the early stages of drilling. (15K) ... more>
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Protect the corridor?
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-08-08 PINEDALE--Pronghorn antelope have traveled through here for thousands of years, gradually adapting to roads and subdivisions as they migrate between the high peaks of the Tetons and warmer, flatter lands of the Red Desert. But the animals, which make the 160-mile trek every spring and fall, may not be prepared for the metamorphosis coming to this sagebrush-covered swath of western Wyoming. (15K) ... more>
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"Get the gas, but do it right"
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-08-04 Conservation groups are urging federal officials to pace natural gas drilling in the Jonah Field near Pinedale to reduce wildlife, air quality and social impacts. The Upper Green River Valley Coalition and its member groups outlined their hopes in a position paper released as the BLM mulls alternatives for more drilling in what has become one on the nation's most productive gas fields.(15 KB) ... more>
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Study: Drilling displaces grouse
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-07-14 The effect of oil and gas development on imperiled sage grouse is a big question in the Upper Green River area, and a "bigger picture" of populations is needed to make adequate protection recommendations. (15K) ... more>
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Land managers back pronghorn protection
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2005-05-25 Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest leaders said they would support an initiative to permanently protect the rare 180-mile, round-trip migration of prongorn between the park and forest and their winter range in the Upper Green. (168K) ... more>
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Critics question use of vertical wells
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-04-25 An energy company's reluctance to directionally drill is short sighted and based on faulty information, some in the conservation community say. ... more>
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Report: Wyoming development threatens park air
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-04-20 Rapid energy development in western Wyoming is the biggest threat to pristine air quality for the larger Yellowstone area, and money for monitoring the pollution may be harder to come by, according to a new report by federal and state scientists. (15K) ... more>
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County business have trouble keep personnel
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-04-14 Despite the recent economic dialogue that says the gas boom is bringing an influx of people to Sublette County, business owners see a different trend. (127K) ... more>
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Study: Over 1,000 new houses in Sublette County in next decade.
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-04-14 The county's population could grow by 1,933 people over the next 10 years, requiring a $53 million investment in infrastructure, according to a report by the Sonoran Institute. Since 2000, county population grew to 6,600, or by 14 percent. (184K) ... more>
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Boom strains some services
(Casper Star Tribune) 2005-04-09 Sublette County Commissioner Betty Fear knows firsthand how tough it is during boom times to keep employees at her restaurant and motel in Big Piney. ... more>
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Eyes on the Sky: Local astronomer becomes air quality watchdog
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-04-07 The Roundup profiles Perry Walker, a retired Air Force physicist and Daniel resident, who uses a spectrometer to analyze gas-field emissions. Disturbed by declining visibility of stars at night, Walker is taking on a job that he believes is not being done by regulators. (181K) ... more>
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Emission Caps Could Slow Jonah, Anticline Drilling
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-03-31 Visibility and other air quality issues in the Upper Green increasingly concern federal and state regulatory agencies and Pinedale residents. The finger is pointed at the rapid development of the Johan and Anticline gas fields, which could result in emission caps when the Jonah Infill Record of Decision is published. (311K) ... more>
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State to Permit Gas Flares
(Pinedale Roundup) 2005-03-17 Beginning April 1, The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality will regulate flaring in the gas fields. The change is designed to push operators into using "green completions and limit flaring to situations when it is absolutely necessary," officials say. (315 KB) ... more>
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NOx Emissions Almost Triple Predictions
(Pinedale Roundup) 2004-12-16 According to BLM air quality analysis, nitrous oxide emissions on the Pinedale Anticline are almost triple what had been predicted. Yet it is unlikely these findings will curb the pace of natural gas development.(299 KB) ... more>
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Winter Drilling Will Not Stop Boom and Bust
(Pinedale Roundup) 2004-12-02 Year-round drilling on the Pinedale Anticline will not result in more social and economic stability, according to a study by University of Wyoming professors. (91 KB) ... more>
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Wells Displace Deer, Industry Study Says
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2004-12-01 Mule deer are avoiding traditional winter ranges now pocked by gas wells on the Pinedale Anticline in the Upper Green River Valley, according to an industry-funded study. (97 KB) ... more>
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BLM approves winter drilling
(Casper Star Tribune) 2004-11-11 Year-round drilling for natural gas will be allowed on lands identified as crucial deer winter range. BLM officials agreed to allow Questar to drill six wells from three pads for nine years during winter months in the Pinedale Anticline field. (95K) ... more>
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Greens issue gas development proposal
(Pinedale Roundup) 2004-07-22 The Upper Green River Valley Coalition, with the support of concerned Sublette residents, issued its own proposal for how the natural gas fields in Sublette County should be developed. ... more>
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Plan eyes staging projects to lessen impact
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2004-07-21 With the federal governmentin the midst of writing a new plan to manage oil and gas dilling in the Upper Green, a group of citizens has written a blueprint for "doing it right." ... more>
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Governor: Stop oil, gas leasing
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2004-06-09 Grand Teton National Park's dwindling antelope herd got a break June 7 when Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal protested BLM's plans to lease more land in Sublette County for oil and gas development. ... more>
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Freudenthal protests oil, gas sale
(Casper Star Tribune) 2004-06-09 Despite a last-minute protest by Gov. Dave Freudenthal, the BLM proceeded with a planned oil and gas lease auction that included four parcels in the Upper Green River Valley and netted a record $10.5 million. ... more>
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Migration seen through pronghorn's eyes
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2004-05-05 A high-tech tool is giving biologists, industry and government agencies the precise data needed to save the second-longest terrestrial migration in the Western Hemisphere. ... more>
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Expert predicts sage grouse decline
(Pinedale Roundup) 2004-04-01 Biologist Clait Braun predicted steep declines in sage grouse numbers as more and more habitat is disrupted by oil and gas development. ... more>
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Forum decries impact of drilling on region's wildlife
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2004-03-31 Wyoming Conservation Congress draws 250 to Pinedale to discuss ways to balance energy development with the Upper Green's wildlife and quality of life. ... more>
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Snuff the flares, WOC asks
(Casper Star Tribune) 2004-03-25 Wyoming Outdoor Council petitioned the state DEQ to require the energy industry to use alternatives to flaring in Sublette County. ... more>
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Locals concerned about well flare
(Pinedale Roundup) 2004-03-11 Pinedale residents complain to Wyoming state regulators about the haze coming of a flar at the Anschutz natural gas well. ... more>
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The rig in my backyard
(Pinedale Roundup) 2004-02-26 Pinedale residents describe the noise and shaking of Anschutz' year-round drilling operation near their homes. ... more>
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Firms Seek To Extend Drilling
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-11-28 Federal land managers continue to grant most requests to extend exploration activities in areas vital to big game beyond the Nov. 15 winter dealine, and some big game advocates say the practice threatens key migration corridors. ... more>
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Drilling Restrictions Crucial This Winter
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-11-28 Prolonged drought and poor habitat conditions on crucial winter range near Pinedale make the implementation of seasonal drilling restrictions extremely important this year, Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials say. ... more>
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Energy boom gives wildlife little room
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2003-11-26 As if on cue, a mule deer and fawn dart across Highway 191 from one snow-dusted patch of sagebrush to another as Bernie Holz nears Trappers Point. ... more>
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Wildlife in Winter
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-11-23 Pinedale, WY--By Woming standards, it's a small stretch of land--about 8,600 acres tucked below the Wind River Mountains on the Pinedale Anticline in southwestern Wyoming. ... more>
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Questar Production Could Triple
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-11-23 Pinedale, WY--Questar, a leading natural gas operator on the Pinedale Anticline, plans to triple its production on its leases within the lucrative Anticline gas field in southwestern Wyoming by 2008, company officials say. ... more>
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Group Works To Protect Corridor
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-11-12 Green River, WY - A recently formed coalition of concerned parties is working on a protection plan for a key wildlife migration corridor in western Wyoming. ... more>
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Air Quality A Concern in Big Gas Fields
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-10-24 Cheyenne, WY - Gov. Dave Freudenthal wants the state Department of Environmental Quality's new budget to include extra money to start an air quality monitoring program in southwest Wyoming where major natural gas development is underway, according to the governor's press secretary Lara Azar. ... more>
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Jonah Field Air Quality In Question
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-10-03 Gillette, WY - Internal Bureau of Land Management e-mail correspondence leaked to an environmental group suggests federal regulators may have considered barring the general public from the Jonah gas field - which lies on federal lands - due to air quality concerns that would arise from intensified natural gas development ... more>
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Locals Comment on South Piney Coal Bed Methane Project
(Pinedale Roundup) 2003-09-04 In January, the Bureau of Land Management published a scoping notice for a proposed coal bed methane natural gas project 12 miles west of Big Piney ... more>
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BLM Withdraws Trapper's Point Leases
(Casper Star Tribune) 2003-08-15 Green River, WY - Bureau of Land Management officials said Wednesday they made an administrative mistake last week when they bid the leasing rights on two parcels of public lands located in Sublette County ... more>
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Migration Route Key to Teton Antelope
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2003-03-19 State officials, biologists, university researchers, conservationists, ranchers and other citizens agreed Saturday preserving wildlife migration corridors should be a top priority for Wyoming ... more>
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Gas Development Ignites Action From Conservation Groups
(Pinedale Roundup) 2003-03-06 An action pamphlet, a conference, and a symposium in Pinedale this month are clear indications that conservationists are marshaling their forces against potentially destructive gas field development in Sublette County ... more>
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Coalition Sees Threats To Green River Wildlife
(Jackson Hole News & Guide) 2003-03-05 A new environmental coalition has launched an aggressive campaign to get the public involved in deciding the fate of more than 1 million acres in the Upper Green River Basin ... more>
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Group: Wildlife Route In Danger
(Casper Star Tribune) 2002-10-04 Jackson, WY - Possible, and ongoing, oil and gas exploration and development in the Upper Green River Basin in southwest Wyoming is impacting a key wildlife migration corridor near Pinedale, a conservation group says ... more>
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Drilling plan exceeds new ozone rule
(Casper Star Tribune) 0000-00-00 The Bureau of Land Management's preferred plan for new natural gas drilling in the Pinedale Anticline would create more air pollution than would be allowed by recently announced federal air quality standards, according to the BLM's own projections. ... more>
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For a Week’s Worth of Gas
(Mother Jones) 2004-09-09 Pinedale, WY - Outdoor writer Ted Williams visited the Upper Green and described how Bush Administration energy policies are industrializing one America’s great wildlife areas. Enter MJ9004 to read the entire article ... more>
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Where the Antelope (and the Oil Companies) Play
(High Country News) 2003-08-18 Pinedale, WY - In Wyoming’s Upper Green River Basin, a natural gas boom is threatening pronghorn antelope and other wildlife, and some Pinedale-area residents are beginning to fight back ... more>
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All Fired Up
(National Geographic) 2005-07-01 Pinedale, WY - Environmental nightmare or energy source? A natural gas boom is transforming public lands in the Rockies, pitting Westerner against Westerner. National Geographic visited the Upper Green River Valley for a major feature on natural gas extraction in the West, published in the magazine’s July 2005 edition. Watch a slide show narrated by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore on the magazine’s Web site, depicting his tour of Western gas fields.
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All Fired Up
Development threatens to block the ancient migration of a herd of pronghorn antelopes in western Wyoming. Without new protections, conservationists say, the speedy animals are running out of time. An article by Daniel Glick in the January 2007 edition Smithsonian magazine tells the story the Upper Green’s migratory pronghorn. |
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