"Slight changes that further restrict animal movements in migratory bottlenecks could effectively sever migration corridors of mule deer and pronghorn." - Keith Andrews, Wildlife Biologist, Pinedale BLM
The Jonah Natural Gas Field in the Upper Green River Valley is being developed in one of the nation's longest and most ancient big game migration routes, a crucial link for animals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem traveling between Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks and Wyoming's Red Desert.
Since 1986, some 500 well pads have been constructed in the Jonah
Field. Recently, a Canadian company, Encana, has proposed drilling
1,250 additional new wells from 850 pads in the field.
Time-lapse satellite imagery reveals the fast
pace at which oil and gas overcomes a landscape once industry is given
unrestricted access. If current trends continue, much more of the
Upper Green River Valley could be transformed into similar high density
gas fields with traffic, dust, noise, and diminished air and water quality.
Learn also about the nearby Pinedale
Anticline Natural Gas Field.
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