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| Wyoming Range News |
New group to fight Wyoming Range drilling
2006-07-19 A citizens' group aimed at protecting the Wyomign Range has sprung out of a consortium of local outfitters. "As the word has gotten out, we have gotten more and more support," said Daniel oufitter Gary Amerine, a founding leader of Citizens Protecting the Wyoming Range. (389K) ... more>
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Feds halt energy lease
2006-07-12 Energy development on one parcel in the Wyoming Range was ordered to be halted after a federal agency determined an appeal of the lease had merit and deserved closer study.(20K) ... more>
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Thomas should push harder
2006-07-05 Editorial: Sen. Craig Thomas should insist the government reverse its decision to allow the Wyoming Range to be turned from a public playground to a private industrial development. (90K) ... more>
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Little-known law keeps Wyoming Range leases open
2006-06-28 Oil and gas operators invoke an obscure provision in leasing laws to keep dormant leases in the Wyoming Range alive years after they should expire. (712K) ... more>
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Sen. Thomas against drilling in the forest
2006-06-22 Wyoming's senator explains why he opposes energy development in the Bridger-Teton's Wyoming Range. "Forests were set aside based on something special and we should honor that." (544K) ... more>
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We can chose where we drill
2006-06-22 Guest editorial: I cannot believe that anyone would argue for drilling in the Wyoming Range simply because we cannot chose where our energy resources lie. Such thinking does not consider the other resources that drilling destroys. (141 K) ... more>
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Thomas: No drilling on national forests
2006-06-18 As a general rule, national forests should be off-limits to oil and gas drilling, says U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas. The Republican senator made his comments after a tour of the Hoback Ranches subdivision, which is part of broad sections of the Wyoming Range in Bridger-Teton National Forest that are under lease for oil and gas drilling. Thomas says national forests have already been set aside as areas with special scenic, recreational and historic qualities. (20K)
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Are you listening?
2006-06-15 Letter to the editor: A longtime Wyoming outdoorsman questions whether federal land managers care about the public's concerns over plans to drill the Wyoming Range for oil and gas. ... more>
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Merna residents oppose Bridger-Teton leasing
2006-06-08 Letter to public officials: The Wyoming Range is a special place for all of us. Whether one enjoys horseback riding, fishing, camping or skiing, we cannot let drilling ruin the solitude of these activities. (582K) ... more>
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"Enough is Enough"
2006-06-08 Interview with Daniel outfitter Gary Amerine, who is spearheading local protests against new energy leasing in the Wyoming Range. (595K) ... more>
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Governor raps Wyoming Range leases
2006-06-01 Joining conservationists and labor representatives, Gov. Dave Freudenthal asked federal officials to halt the June 6 oil and gas lease sale of 13 parcels in the Wyoming Range. In a letter to federal land managers, Freudenthal said officials should also consider taking back other leases recently sold in the range because of is incredible natural values and importance to recreation and tourism. (370K) ... more>
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Labor protests oil,gas lease
2006-05-24 Green River resident Mike Burd labors in the soda ash plants west of Green River, but on his days off, he spends most of his time hunting and fishing in the Wyoming Range in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Burd and other Wyoming labor leaders say parts of the range should be off limits to energy leasing. (20K) ... more>
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Outfitter Mike Judd to share the tragic consequences of Canada's Rocky Mountain energy boom
2006-05-23 Alberta outfitter Mike Judd will be in Wyoming next week to discuss the fate of his home base at Pincher Creek, where oil and gas development has industrialized the landscape and imperiled its recreational traditions. Judd’s experiences with drilling outside his doorstep in the Canadian Rockies will help western Wyoming residents appreciate what they stand to loose should the natural gas boom invade their Bridger-Teton National Forest. “When the first exploratory wells go in, people need to think about what full-field development will look like. Eventually the landscape they are familiar with will be different. The wildlife will be gone, the water will be in bad condition and the air will be in bad condition,” says Judd. (40K)
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Get Passionate: Time to protect the reasons why we are here
2006-04-26 Dan Smitherman: One of the outfitters appealing Wyoming Range leases says energy development would jeopardize the livelihoods of those who depend on these mountains. "People don't pay money to view landscapes covered with well pads, devoid of wildlife and air that has a brown tint." (57K) ... more>
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The Wyoming Range: Is Jonah the model?
2006-04-19 As the Bridger-Teton National Forest leases thousands of acres in the Wyoming Range for enery development, residents wonder what fate awaits that pristine range of undulating hills and forests. For many, the answer lies a few miles away in the Jonah Field, where federal authorities recently approved an infil drilling project, authorizing 3,597 wells across 30,500 acres of high-altitude sagebrush. (436K) ... more>
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Lease moratorium is a good start
2006-04-05 Cathy Purves and Tom Reed op-ed: Gov. Dave Freudenthal has acted with wisdom and leadership by workding with the U.S. Forest Service to place a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on the Shoshone and Brider-Teton's ... more>
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Protect 44,600 breathtaking acres
2006-03-30 Joe Ricketts op-ed: Proposed leasing in the Wyoming Range will lead to the degradation of these beautiful mountains' forests, range and streams that provide important habitat for big game and rare species, a reduce the quality of life of Hoback residents and of the experience of hunters and anglers. (116K) ... more>
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Gov, forests reach roadless accord
2006-03-24 In an apparent effort to protect roadless areas, Gov. Dave Freudenthal and the U.S. Forest Service have agreed not to approve any new oil and gas and mineral leases in roadless areas in the Bridger-Teton and Shoshone national forests until their forest plans are revised. (20K) ... more>
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Groups protest oil, gas leasing
2006-03-21 In what is likely the start of a series of protests, Trout Unlimited and the National Outdoor Leadership School -- along with some outfitters and guides --are contesting the oil and gas lease sale of parcels in the Wyoming Range.
The lease sale, set for April 4, is for 11 separate parcels that total nearly 20,000 acres in the Upper Green River drainage west of Merna in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. (20K)
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Get richer at any cost?
2006-03-16 Letter to the editor: There are so many reasons to keep the Wyoming Range free of energy development. Come on, Wyoming, don't we have enough drilling with the Pinedale Anticline, the Jonah Field? Isn't $2 billion in the coffers enough? Do we have to wreck it all? (42K) ... more>
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Wyoming Range too good to ruin
2006-03-15 Gary Amerine op-ed: If we put drill rigs from the tops of our mountains to our river bottoms, where will the wildlife go? asks the Daniel-based outfitter. And when the wildlife is gone, where will those of us who have lived here through booms and busts go? (87K) ... more>
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Report lays out value of Wyoming Range
2006-01-25 Todd Wilkinson: Outdoor sports people know the Wyoming Range possesses a rare and special quality. The Wilderness Society gets it too. This environmental group quite correctly grasps the political power that sporting people possess. The Society's new report, "The Wyoming Range: Wyoming's Hidden Gem," builds a case for protecting these mountains south of Jackson from oil and gas development through testimonials from conservative political leaders, old-guard outfitters, guest ranchers and snowmobilers. (100K) ... more>
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Homeowners fight drilling plan
2005-12-21 Hoback Ranches residents battle BLM move to permit exploratory gas wells in the northern Wyoming Ranch. (655K) ... more>
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Drilling in the Wyoming Range?
2005-12-04 Conservationists say a BLM oil and gas lease sale to auction a 1,280-acre parcel in the foothills of the Wyoming Range will likely jump-start drilling on other suspended leases in the area. (20K) ... more>
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Wyoming Range lease draws heated protest
2005-12-01 A single parcel in the Wyoming Range offered for energy development has drawn a chorus of protests from around the state. (99K) ... more>
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Groups Urge BLM to Withdraw Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sales in Bridger-Teton
2005-11-21 Saying that further energy drilling would risk the Wyoming Range’s world-class scenery and wildlife, a coalition of conservation groups and a local homeowners’ association has formally urged the BLM to withdraw plans to sell and oil and gas lease parcel in that region of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. (20K) ... more>
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Hoback Ranches residents concerned about effects of well
2005-10-27 Plans to drill three wildcat wells on Bridger-Teton National Forest land in the Hoback Basin north of Merna has residents concerned about the consequences for water quality and wildlife. (61K) ... more>
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Is it smart to lease the Wyoming Range?
2005-05-18 Todd Wilkinson: Does it make sense for the Bridger-Teton National Forest to auction leases in the Wyoming Range when it know its action will attract strong public opposition? Should the public have to buy back those leases if controversy ensues? (89K) ... more>
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Wyoming Range off limits
2005-05-12 Thomas Turiano: Auctioning the Wyoming Range to the energy industry will remain a bad idea as long as officials fail to do an honest environmental analysis of ushering the drilling boom into these beautiful mountains. (73K) ... more>
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Scaled-back leasing plan fails to satisfy critics
2005-05-04 Recreation and conservation groups contend the Bridger-Teton National Forest's decision to lease 44,600 acres will harm hunting, fishing, hiking, skiing and other values that drive Wyoming's tourist economy.(191K) ... more>
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Leasing plan gives too much
2005-04-27 The U.S. Forest Service's latest plan to offer oil and gas leases in the Wyoming Range presents a significant reduction from a previous proposal but still lacks assurances to protect the wooded mountains. (127K) ... more>
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Citizens question fate of Wyoming Range
2005-04-06 Jackson business owners and conservation groups are asking the Bridger-Teton National Forest to make public future plans for oil and gas drilling in the Wyoming Range. (47K) ... more>
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Governor against oil & gas leasing in the Forest
2005-03-31 Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has come out against continued leasing in the Wyoming Range. He argued that the recreational values of the Bridger-Teton National Forest outweigh any oil or gas below. (67K) ... more>
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No More Leasing in the Bridger-Teton
2005-03-17 Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal spoke out against new gas leasing in teh Bridger-Teton National Forest, saying the forest will accrue more value in the long run by being left alone. (197 KB) ... more>
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Forest halts energy leases
2004-09-15 Responding to widespread public outcry and pressure from Gov. Dave Freudenthal, the U.S. Forest Service has decided to withhold gas leasing in the Wyoming Range. (175KB) ... more>
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Governor to tour Wyoming Range leases
2004-09-01 Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has taken a lead in asking federal land agencies to look before they lease sensitive land to energy developers. (173 KB) ... more>
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Prime hunting and fishing areas in Bridger-Teton Forest proposed for oil and gas development
2004-06-24 Hunters, anglers, hikers, conservationists and residents are alarmed by the Forest Service's intention to lease more than 100,000 acres in the scenic Wyoming Range for energy extraction. ... more>
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