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Oil and gas development is occurring at an unprecedented rate in the Rocky Mountain West. Millions of acres of wildlife habitat are being converted to industrial zones carved by drill pads, roads, power lines and pipelines. The pace and intensity of this development are quickly overwhelming the ability of wildlife to adapt to a changing landscape.

Our nation needs energy supplies now more than ever, but we must balance development with conserving our public lands that sustain some of the cleanest water, healthiest habitats and finest recreation in North America.

“TROUBLE IN THE DEER FACTORY” - In western Colorado’s Piceance Basin, a new wave of energy development is exploding in an area known as “the deer factory,” home to one of the largest mule deer herds in the nation. Watch former state wildlife biologist and National Wildlife Federation regional executive director Steve Torbit and other Westerners talk about the effects of this rapid industrialization on this critical wildlife habitat.

"END OF THE RANGE: The Plight of the Pronghorn" - For 6,000 years, a pronghorn herd has migrated from present day Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming into the Upper Green River Valley, where the animals spend the winter before returning to the park in the spring. Over the past decade, a natural gas extraction boom has transformed the antelopes’ winter range into a spider web of roads, drilling rigs and compressors. Watch a story about efforts to create a National Migration Corridor to protect this ancient pathway.

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Most of what we used today

On March 15th, 2010 Shelly says:

Most of what we used today came from natural resources. It is just so sad that there are some people who are abusing the environment. And if we are going to observe the temperature of the earth is getting higher. It is due to the so-called climate change. Another effect of climate change is the global warming. If we won't really take good care of our environment we are the one who are going to suffer. By the way, women on this week's American Idol were pretty darn good, well…at least some were. Not all were equal on American Idol – a few are going to need payday loans for a plane ticket home before long.

Watch Our Newest Video: Voices From The West

On January 26th, 2010 davismathew says:

It is very sad that wild life is eliminating with the fast pave of materialism. Quite interesting and informative for every one. Actually i am busy in my a+ practice test and so that i have no enough time to search on news about current economic situations. i think this content is very fertile in this context.

Hydraulic Fracturing is Destroying Fresh Water Supplies

On October 26th, 2008 Divide Watch says:

The practice of hydraulic fracturing - both the process and the chemicals used - is wreaking havoc by contaminating fresh water supplies across the Western United States.

Exempted from the Safe Drinking Water Act, this devastating technology is a bane to families and wildlife, imperiling both deep aquifer and surface sources of fresh water.

Please inform yourself as to this craven abuse by the oil and gas industry before it is too late to save the water within your own community.

To see the impacts of oil and gas and to follow our journey as we live with the on-going development of 60 wells within an approximate mile of our home and area of one of the most catastrophic and on-going natural gas seeps in Colorado history (2004 - West Divide Creek Seep), visit our website / blog at journeyoftheforsaken.com