Along the southern boundary of Greater Yellowstone in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, a proposed natural gas development continues to draw public criticism for threatening the area’s legendary wildlife and Wild and Scenic Hoback River. And now, there are growing concerns about air pollution spreading into surrounding wilderness areas and Grand Teton National Park. Region:  Central Rockies Read more

A sad fate for more than 44,000 acres of unspoiled lands in western Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest has just taken an incredible turn for the better. Our work with local residents, sportsmen, decision makers and partner groups has finally led to the Bridger-Teton National Forest’s cancellation of oil and gas leases on 44,720 acres in this southern part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Region:  Central Rockies Read more

Haze surrounding home during fracking near Pavilion, Wyoming. Photo by John Fenton.

“Whoa, that’s not supposed to happen.” Thus spoke Josh Fox, master of the understatement, after he witnessed a man, whose house neighbors a natural gas well, light his kitchen tap water on fire. And by “fire” I don’t mean a delicate tongue of flame like on a candlestick: it’s an honest-to-goodness fireball that comes blazing out of that tap. And it happens not once but multiple times in different homes across the country in Fox’s recently-released documentary on hydraulic fracturing called Gasland. Read more