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Atlantic Rim Project Draws Fire from WYO Sportsmen

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007   


Rawlins, WY - A plan to drill up to two thousand coalbed methane wells in mule, elk and sage grouse hunting lands along Wyoming's Atlantic Rim is drawing fire from sportsmen - who say development has already decimated wildlife populations. Comments from Rawlins resident and hunter Pat Nealon.

Wyoming sportsmen are the latest to take aim at plans to drill up to two thousand coalbed methane wells along the Atlantic Rim. Hunter Pat Nealon lives in Rawlins. He says he and his fellow Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen hunters know that development is detrimental to wildlife, wintering grounds, and migration routes...

"Deer and sage grouse have all but disappeared. The antelope - they are a little more content, but the deer and the sage grouse, it's really having an adverse effect on right now."

Development companies say wells have little impact on habitat, and the projects will bring a lot of money to the state. However, a Bureau of Land Management analysis shows the project will have a major impact in sage grouse, mule deer, pronghorn sheep, and fish.

Nealon says the rush to drill may not meet the promises of big economic returns. He says drilling is already happening faster than needed...

"Prices are depressed because they can't get it out of the state fast enough - then why are we still punching all these holes?"

Pat Nealon is at 307-320-5473.






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