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Wyomingites Singing Little Mountain Blues

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Monday, July 28, 2008   

Rock Springs, WY - Seismic exploration, wildcat wells, and the upcoming lease of nearly 7,000 acres on Little Mountain have some locals guessing that the area is going to become a major gas field.

Nearby, Rock Springs resident Joyce Corcoran counts her family among the many locals who appreciate the gas industry jobs - but, she says, they never thought Little Mountain would become home to big development, because of the area's prized elk herds, cutthroat trout and sage grouse.

"Those places shouldn't be touched. They're too precious. More and more, Rock Springs is becoming known as a world-class vacation destination."

Corcoran points to studies that have repeatedly shown that the network of roads and pipes required for drilling projects chase off elk. And one of the state's prized elk hunt zones is among the areas up for gas leasing.

"It is probably one of the best elk herds in our state. There are only a few permits given out annually, and people here just about die to get one."

Corcoran explains federal agencies, the state, and conservation groups have already spent more than $2 million to improve wildlife habitat in the area in which drilling is set. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's position is that drilling operations have little impact on wildlife, and that reclamation will be done when the projects are finished.


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