Make your voice heard!

Things are at the tipping point in the Upper Green River Valley, home of the longest wildlife migration corridor in the lower 48, and southern stronghold of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Oil and gas operators are proposing to drill 4,400 new gas wells in the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field, and the rapid rate of proposed development would further degrade not only the valley’s air quality, but the 100-mile views of the Bridger Wilderness.  Our wildlife populations, already in trouble, would continue to decline.

YOUR INPUT IS CRITICAL!

The BLM won’t get a second chance to get this important decision right. Contact them today and let them know that a slower pace of development and stronger enforcements are paramount for finding real balance on the Anticline. It's best to write your own letter or email to both the governor and BLM using the addresses provided below (for helpful information click here). But if you don't have time, simply fill in the form below to send the following email, with any additional comments. All letters and email require a full name and address.

Dear Caleb Hiner,

The time has come to be truthful about what balance looks like in the Upper Green River Valley.

I am happy to see many positive aspects in your new preferred alternative for drilling 4,400 wells on the Pinedale Anticline; however, your plan currently falls short of satisfactory because the pace of development is still too fast, and I’m not convinced we won’t lose many of the things that makes the Upper Green River Valley so special.

Already mule deer populations and air quality are on the decline, the state of Wyoming could be hobbled by an ESA listing of the sage grouse, and local towns are desperately playing catch-up as rapid oil and gas development brings unplanned infrastructural needs to their communities.

4,400 new wells on the Pinedale Anticline is possible to balance, but only if you amend the SEIS so that the final decision incorporates both the positive operator-proposed components found in alternative D, and the special are protection and timing stipulations found in alternative E. In addition, specific changes must be made to strengthen the suspension on flank areas, to strengthen the wildlife threshold matrix provisions, to strengthen your commitment to protect visibility in Class I airsheds, and to give more direction to the off-site mitigation provisions.

This approach would allow for 4,400 new wells but at a slower pace, with stronger mitigation measure, and with clearer language governing implementation.

If it’s done right, the Pinedale Anticline project could be a prime example of balanced energy production and environmental stewardship. If it’s done wrong, it will go down in history as an industrial sacrifice zone.

Thank you for your consideration of my concerns.

Sincerely,