By Colin Kearns

Senior Editor Colin Kearns and photographer Kevin Cooley spent three days exploring what’s at stake in the battle for water in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and the consequences of irresponsible drilling for oil and gas in Wyoming’s Little Mountain region. Here’s what they found on day three.

The plan for day three is to fish. That’s about it. No plane tours. No Wyoming safaris. No sunset cruises around the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. And I’m OK with that. It’s been an amazing trip so far, but it’s been busy, and the prospect of spending the day on a drift boat fishing the B Section of the Green River followed by an evening with a hot meal, cold beers, and a few rounds of horseshoes, well, that’s sounds better than OK.