Proposed site of an industrial gas field in the Wyoming Range

It really can make a difference.   One by one – each email sent, letter written, call made – can add up to a huge victory.

And that’s exactly what happened recently when Houston-based Plains Exploration and Production Company (PXP) finally agreed to sell its oil and gas drilling leases in Wyoming’s spectacular Upper Hoback basin to the Trust for Public Lands for $8.75 million.  With this deal, the leases will be  permanently retired and can never be sold again. This is fantastic news, and I want to thank each of you who took action and helped to achieve this important victory.

For years, the Upper Hoback’s fate has been mired in controversy over PXP’s plans to drill up to 136 natural gas wells in the pristine basin, using the dangerous hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” method. Thousands of hikers, hunters, anglers, conservationists and many others have been fighting the proposed drilling project at every step and working to keep the Hoback intact.  Over 14,000 Sierra Club members and supporters from across the country weighed in on Forest Service analyses of the project; many others attended public meetings, outings to the ...

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