Looking around the Senate hearing room in Washington D.C. on the afternoon of February 27 I saw quite a few Wyoming faces. It was a proud moment for the citizens who have worked hard over the last several years to protect the Wyoming Range from new oil and gas leasing and development. This was the day the Public Lands and Forests subcommittee of the larger Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources would discuss Senator John Barrasso’s Wyoming Range Legacy Act. It was an important step toward passage of the bill and I was grateful to be there to witness it in person.