Stop oil and gas drilling on public lands -- protect the Wyoming Range!

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The Wyoming Range, in Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming, is a real natural paradise. The lands boast the largest moose population in Wyoming, and key wildlife birthing and migration areas for iconic western wildlife. Outdoor recreationists head there for camping, fishing, horseback riding, nature photography, and solitude.

Oil and gas companies have been pressuring the Forest Service to lease public lands in the range for drilling, but we've fought back. In 2009, wildlife and lands lovers like you pushed Congress to pass the Wyoming Range Legacy Act, protecting 1.2 million acres.

Now you have a chance to continue and protect that legacy. The Forest Service is proposing a "No Leasing" plan for 40,000 acres to protect our public lands, wildlife, and recreation. But they need strong public support to fight back the powerful oil and gas industry.

Help the Forest Service fight drilling on our precious public lands -- show them your support today!

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Dear Forest Supervisor Tricia O’Connor

I support the preferred “No Leasing” alternative 1 on the Draft EIS for Oil and Gas Leasing in the Wyoming Range, part of Bridger-Teton national forest. Our National Forests are very special, iconic public lands, and in order to keep them that way, we must keep drilling out!

The Wyoming Range is home to the largest moose population in Wyoming, and the rare Colorado River cutthroat trout. There are abundant elk herds, and mule deer herds that migrate vast distances through Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah. And, of course, the Wyoming Range is a special place to people to visit, with multiple recreation opportunities such camping, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, photography,nature education and solitude.

This special wild area is already promised to be protected, and we cannot allow oil and gas drilling to break that trust. In 2009 President Obama signed the Wyoming Range Legacy Act to protect 1.2 million acres against the ravages of oil and gas industrialization- forever. I want to Protect Our Legacy and permanently close these leases to oil and gas drilling.

I am proud of the Forest Service for choosing “no leasing” as the preferred alternative. It is critical that we protect our National Forests, and all the resources within from oil and gas leasing, and I urge you to choose this alternative in the final EIS. Thank you.

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