FIELD Notes

Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling: City Council Gets Standing Ovation

by gliffen | November 17, 2010 | Uncategorized

by Marie C. Baca ProPublica Citing health and environmental concerns, the Pittsburgh, Pa., city council voted unanimously Tuesday to ban natural gas drilling within the city limits. It is the first such ban in a Pennsylvania city. The 9-0 vote received a standing...

136 new gas wells coming to the Bridger-Teton National Forest

by gliffen | November 16, 2010 | Uncategorized

Can we do anything about it? By Lisa McGee MANY PEOPLE ASSUME THE WYOMING RANGE in the Bridger-Teton National Forest is protected by law. That this locally and nationally cherished mountain range is one place where we don’t have to worry about oil and gas development....

Two Companies Seek Trade Secret Status for Fracking Fluids in Wyoming

by gliffen | November 4, 2010 | Uncategorized

Drilling rig on the Pinedale Anticline (Linda Baker) by Marie C. Baca ProPublica, Nov. 2, 2010, 11:03 a.m. TWO CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS are seeking an exemption from new rules in Wyoming that require public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, a...

Colorado water official blasts entrepreneur’s pipeline proposal

by gliffen | October 31, 2010 | Uncategorized

‘[W]e think this is a bad project.’ FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By Jeff Gearino, Southwest Wyoming bureau ROCK SPRINGS — Historically, the 62 documented, high-alpine glaciers in western Wyoming’s Wind River Range pour about 1.18 million acre...

Pinedale Mesa mule deer population drops 60 percent

by gliffen | October 28, 2010 | Uncategorized

FROM THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE: By Cat Urbigkit, Star-Tribune correspondent PINEDALE — Mule deer on the Mesa near Pinedale have declined 60 percent in 2009 compared to 2001, and the animals’ numbers are 28 percent lower in 2009 than in 2005, according to the...

Public Lands, Personal Visions: A Big Horn Basin Juried Art Exhibit

by gliffen | October 12, 2010 | Uncategorized

By Jamie Wolf IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE that I invite everyone to the opening reception for Public Lands, Personal Visions: A Big Horn Basin Juried Art Exhibit, 7:30-9 p.m., Wednesday, October 13, at the Northwest Gallery in Powell. For those of you who cannot make...