The Wyoming Range needs a permanent solution in regard to conservation versus energy exploration. Successful conservation measures are being recorded at a greater rate than at any time in history. These successes are a result of people who care! The loss of our pristine environment and wildlife habitats will be the result of a population doing nothing. Get Involved! Inform your elected officials that our environment and our wildlife matter to you.
Consider these success stories from around the nation.... from around Wyoming.
| Conservation, Legislation and Advocacy |
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January 1, 2008 - Hunters, fishermen, ranchers and other guardians of
the scraps of America’s wild lands and hunting and fishing heritage
have lost much in the past seven years. But they also have formed coalitions that have won battles recently against public lands abuse. .... |
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| Gov. Freudenthal hopes Thomas work on Wyoming Range continues |
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June 6, 2007 - Governor Freudenthal says he hopes that legislation to prevent oil and gas drilling in the Wyoming Range will continue in Congress despite the death of Sen. Thomas .... |
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| Wyoming Game & Fish: Spare Wyoming Range |
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June 4, 2007 - JACKSON -- Wyoming Game and Fish commissioners have taken a strong stand in favor of protecting the Wyoming Range, asking a high-ranking federal official to stop new oil and gas leases .... |
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| Senator Thomas Supports Range Lease Ban |
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May 30, 2007 - Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., plans to introduce legislation perhaps as soon as next month that would block future energy leasing in the Wyoming Range .... |
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| Sporting groups join forces to protect Wyoming Range |
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January 25, 2007 - By The Associated Press - Sporting groups have formed a coalition to stop oil and gas development in the Wyoming Range .... |
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| BLM Withdraws Two Parcels from Energy Lease Sale |
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December 7, 2006 - Jackson, WY - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management withdrew two parcels of land in western Wyoming from an energy lease sale .... |
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| Judge’s Ruling Halts Roads |
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December 5, 2006 - Jackson, WY - A federal ruling saying energy lease holders in roadless areas cannot build roads to access those areas .... |
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| Gas Money - Besieged by Natural Gas Exploration - a Town Draws the Line |
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November 30, 2006 - By Brian Calvert - On a summer weekend, we wanted to have a look at the acres of forest that had been leased ... |
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| Unexpected Environmentalists - Outfitters Step Forward |
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August 8, 2006 - By Cory Hatch - At nearly 10,000 feet in the Wyoming Range, I’m riding Secretariat’s love child – or rather, love descendant – Boots. |
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| Three Conservation Bills Pass US House of Representatives |
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July 24, 2006 - Washington, DC - Today the US House of Representatives passed three proposals to extend permanent protection |
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| Some GOP Fighting Western Wyoming Energy Drilling |
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July 20, 2006 - Denver — Western Republicans are starting to buck against oil and gas drilling on federal lands prized for their wildlife and recreational opportunities. |
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| Leasing Halted in The Wyoming Range |
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July 12, 2006 - The Wyoming Range - The sale of energy leases in the Wyoming Range has been put on hold by a federal land court in Washington, D.C. |
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| Stay Issued On Part Of Wyoming Leasing |
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July 11, 2006 - Cheyenne, WY- The Interior Board of Land Appeals has issued a stay on oil and gas leasing on national forest land near the Wyoming Range |
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| Protect Wyoming’s Roadless Areas |
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May 09, 2006 - An outdoors group is encouraging hunters and anglers to pressure public officials to restrict development in some of Wyoming’s wild places. |
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| Lease-sale Moratorium on Backcountry Lands |
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March 28, 2006 - By Tom Reed: Lease-sale moratorium on backcountry lands is a good start
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