Fragmenting Our Lands: The Ecological Footprint from Oil and Gas Development
This report addresses the ecological footprint from oil and gas development. Landscape analysis of Upper Green River basin in Wyoming shows that oil and gas drilling and extraction cause significant fragmentation of habitat. Conclusion: similar analysis needed for proposed oil and gas projects.
Authors: Chris Weller, Janice Thomson, Pete Morton, Greg Aplet
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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