New Drilling Leases Denied in Wyoming

Posted by sbopp at November 06, 2009 11:00 AM | Permalink

After several conservation groups filed a protest, the Bureau of Land Management has pulled 15 oil and gas leases in southern Wyoming off the table.

Two years ago, the State of Wyoming designated this area of the state, known as Adobe Town, as “very rare or uncommon,” and the county had passed a resolution last year recommending oil and gas leasing be withdrawn from it.

The groups made use of those facts in their protest, arguing that the proposed leases were at odds with local government and state plans for the area, a remote region of badlands and rock formations. Groups filing the formal protest included the Wyoming Association of Churches, The Wilderness Society, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Wyoming Outdoor Council and Wyoming Wilderness Association.

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