It’s kind of sadly amusing that the article says “Today is the last chance for people to comment on a proposal for the Pinedale Anticline that would add up to 4,400 new wells in a part of Sublette County that biologists say is crucial habitat for pronghorn, sage grouse and mule deer.” [boldface mine]
As though there was a real mystery as whether this is crucial to pronghorn, sage grouse and mule deer, and it takes a biologist to figure it out.
Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
It surprises me how quiet most people in Wyoming are over this subject, as if they really don’t care what happens to all this critical habitat..
I think this shows a little insight on how opinions and feelings are passed down through generations. If this had anything to do with a wolf, all Hell would break loose.
This is some amazing country and I hope we can stop this from happening; however, I fear there is too much money involved with too many people in the government who will push it through.