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Victory for Wyoming's Elk as Drilling is Halted
OurPublicLands members and other citizens sent hundreds of emails in the last month to the BLM concerning the impact of coalbed methane development on the elk herd of Fortification Creek, Wyoming. In a victory for wildlife and public lands, the BLM director has suspended drilling pending further environmental review. The Casper Star-Tribune reports, "concerns about elk have prompted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to suspend coal-bed methane drilling in part of the gas-rich Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming." Read the full article.