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But as those numbers go up, other numbers are going down. Mule deer usage of winter range in Pinedale has decreased 46 percent over the last five years. Sage grouse populations closest to development areas are threatened. As for antelope, their 6,000-year-old migration corridor between Grand Teton National Park and the Upper Green River Basin is being squeezed. Early studies indicate radio-collared pronghorns are avoiding newly-developed areas.
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"There's a joke we have," says Steve Belinda, energy policy initiative manager for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, "that wherever you find the best habitat, you find the best drilling." Few places exhibit that irony better than a pair of adjacent fields in Wyoming's Upper Green River Basin. Last May, F&S arranged for Mr. Belinda and aerial photographer Cameron Davidson to spend a day gathering images of the area. "These are such big, wide open places that it seemed we'd never run out," Belinda says. "But if hunters don't speak up, we're going to lose these lands. Click through the slides at left to see how energy development is spreading throughout the Rockies. |
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