FIELD Notes

Sage-grouse core areas expanded

by gliffen | June 30, 2010 | Uncategorized

WYOMING’S SAGE-GROUSE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM is recommending the state expand the area it designates as “core” sage-grouse habitat. These recommendations will likely be the group’s final product, and they are intended to guide state policy related...

Analysis: Oil and gas leasing reforms end “drill baby drill” approach

by gliffen | June 28, 2010 | Uncategorized

By Bruce Pendery LAST MONTH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR finalized reforms to its onshore oil and gas leasing program. The reforms will modify the way the Bureau of Land Management goes about leasing public lands for oil and natural gas development. The federal...

Star-Tribune profile of Tom Bell

by gliffen | June 23, 2010 | Uncategorized

THE CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE, Wyoming’s statewide newspaper, ran a compelling profile of Wyoming Outdoor Council founder Tom Bell this week, as part of the paper’s They Served With Honor series. Here’s an excerpt: How ironic, he thought. Red, white and...

New ‘fracking’ rules approved

by gliffen | June 8, 2010 | Uncategorized

Drilling on the Pinedale Anticline, photo by Linda Baker THE WYOMING OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION has unanimously approved new rules that will require companies operating in Wyoming to disclose the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing, or...

The Outdoor Council launches a new energy program

by gliffen | May 21, 2010 | Uncategorized

By Richard Garrett, Jr. IN RECOGNITION OF THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES that energy development, generation, and transmission pose to our core mission, the Wyoming Outdoor Council has initiated an energy program. We believe this new program is an important addition to our...

Interior Finalizes Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Reforms

by gliffen | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT finalized several reforms to its onshore oil and gas program today, as part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s promise to change how the Department of the Interior does business, according to a media release from the...