Editorial, Wyoming Tribune Eagle

The mantra across this country recently is that not enough drilling is taking place to help lower record-setting gasoline prices or to slake this country's thirst for natural gas.

Government agencies like the Bureau of Land Management - in a rush to respond to the bidding of the White House - often turn a blind eye to energy development's impact on wildlife in the West.  Read more.

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 Wyoming  to develop a framework for implementing responsible energy development across the West. This report is the product of that unprecedented event and outlines sportsmen’s recommendations for oil and gas development that provide for our energy needs without sacrificing our Western heritage.  If you are a reporter interested in covering the recommendations please contact our communications team.  To download a PDF of the document click on the image to the right.  

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.

Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development released a list of recommendations that members said would allow for energy development in the resource-rich region without sacrificing wildlife and water resources. Read more.