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WYO Paper Avalanche Danger: High

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Laramie, WY – The avalanche danger is "high" in Wyoming -- from flurries of federal paperwork. Conservation, recreation and labor groups are tracking the plethora of documents generated in the latest push to drill and develop public land throughout the state.

Laurie Milford with the Wyoming Outdoor Council says this month alone, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is asking the public to comment on proposals that would allow more than 17,000 new oil and gas wells in the state. In order to do that, however, Wyomingites would have to read more than 2,000 pages of documents.

"Booms in Wyoming have never been this rapid or expansive. There is an unprecedented amount of paperwork right now."

Milford says her group and others are asking, once again, that the production pace be slowed in the interest of avoiding the "boom and bust" cycle that has hurt the state's economy in the past. She adds a slowdown would also allow citizens a fair chance to scrutinize each new development.

"One might be able to keep up with a single proposal, but they just don't have time to pore over all of these, and then give meaningful comments."

Milford says they're especially scrutinizing projects that impact crucial winter wildlife habitat, in areas that used to be strictly off-limits to development. Drilling and related fuel development projects in three different parts of the state are up for public review this month.



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