Tell the BLM to learn from its disastrous Jonah Field policy:
thoroughly consider the environmental impacts of drilling

Expanded drilling threatens public health and the environment
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is beginning to revise land use plans for Wyoming's Bighorn Basin -- east of Yellowstone National Park.

Expanded oil and gas drilling in the Bighorn Basin would endanger --

• air and water quality,
• recreational lands,
• protections for fish and wildlife, and
• the public health.

Bighorn Basin is a crucial area for big game in the winter, like elk, mule deer, and bighorn sheep. It is also the only expanding sage grouse population in all of Wyoming.

BLM shouldn't rush -- it need learn from its mistakes with the Jonah Field
The comment period for the for resource management plan (RMP) closes November 17th, only three days after the last of the BLM's public scoping meetings. Three days is not enough to comb through the complex proposals and issues. This is too important a topic to rush through without the proper considerations from both citizens and the BLM.

The Jonah Field has already been turned into an industrial wasteland. we must not allow the same fate for Bighorn Basin.

TAKE ACTION
Tell the BLM the Big Horn Basin needs a longer public comment period, as well as responsible gas drilling with environmental and common sense protections. We need to make sure that gas drilling is done right to protect our health and environment.

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Read the sample letter below and modify if you can. Personalized letter text will increase the impact of your letter. If you do modify the text, make sure to include in your email a petition to the BLM under 5 U.S.C Section 555(e) for an extension of the public comment period.
• Clicking "Send My Message" will send your letter via email to Eddie Bateson, Bighorn Basin District Manager for the BLM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

• The BLM's Big Horn Basin page
• Biodiversity Conservation Alliance hosted joint press release: Conservation, landowner groups seek balance in long-term BLM Bighorn Basin plans
• Jonah Field: Skytruth provides images -- including an excellent video -- that show what BLM's current policies have done to the Upper Green River Valley in Wyoming.
• No Dirty Energy