

On July 21st Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development released our Recommendations for Responsible Oil and Gas Development. The
recommendations are based on our May 2008 symposium which featured expert land managers,
scientists, and planners who met in
The industrial takeover of the West is not about oil or the price of gasoline at the pump. Domestic oil production, in fact, has suffered from a shell game.
Nearly all the drilling on public lands is, in fact, about methane: natural gas. The booty at the wellhead is methane and stockholder cash.
The victims are taxpayers who own public lands - especially hunters
and anglers, who've watched as a national legacy is slaughtered like
bison. Read more.
By MATT JOYCE
Associated Press writer
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:07 AM MDT
CHEYENNE -- A coalition of conservation groups dedicated to preserving public lands for hunting and fishing said Monday that the government should tighten rules for oil and gas development in the Rocky Mountain West.
BILLINGS - As energy prices soar, so does the push for responsible oil and gas development on public lands. Millions of acres in the Rocky Mountain West are available for such
development, and hunters and anglers want to make sure such activity
does not hurt the health of the area. Watch the News Coverage from Montana NBC here.
Associated Press - July 21, 2008 3:25 PM ET
CHEYENNE,
Wyo. (AP) - A coalition of conservation groups dedicated to preserving
public lands for hunting and fishing says the government should tighten
rules for oil and gas development in the Rocky Mountain West. Read more.
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