Union representative and sportsman Monte Morlock stands atop Little Mountain and uses binoculars to view Devon Energy Co.'s Rubicon exploratory gas well below during an October tour. Federal officials have deferred the planned lease sale of several additional parcels on Little Mountain in southern Sweetwater County. (Jeff Gearino, Star-Tribune)
Janet Montgomery, Star-Tribune correspondent Big rigs are a common sight during the 5 p.m. traffic down Pinedale's Main Street. Increased truck traffic is one of the complaints of town officials to the Bureau of Land Management.
A male blue grouse offers a showy display in hopes of gaining breeding rights to nearby females. Photo by Mark Gocke, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Mule deer stand silhouetted, along with a natural gas drilling rig, in the fading light on their winter range south of Pinedale in this photo from 2006. Wildlife protections from energy development on the Pinedale Anticline have been bypassed too frequently, conservationists say. Photo by MARK GOCKE, Star-Tribune correspondent.
Powder River Basin Resource Council organizer Jill Morrison wants three recently permitted actions by the BLM to be halted. More than 200 wells will be built in the Fortification Creek area if the actions are not halted. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
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