Too wild to drill
Publisher: Wilderness Society
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Petroleum; Prospecting; Environmental aspects; Environmental policy
Description: The Bush Administration's "lease and drill everything" policy is aimed at opening some of our most fragile places to oil and gas development. This report identifies 17 public lands that should not be developed, outlines the threat to these areas, and what should be done to protect them. Areas included are: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska; Beartooth Front, Wyoming; Bridger-Teton National Forest's Wyoming Range, Wyoming; Carrizo Plain National Monument, California; Clear Fork Divide, Colorado; Grand Mesa Slopes, Colorado; HD Mountains Roadless Area, Colorado; Little Missouri National Grassland, North Dakota; Otero Mesa, New Mexico; Red Desert, Wyoming; Roan Plateau, Colorado; Rocky Mountain Front, Montana; Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska; Upper Green River Valley, Wyoming; Utah's Redrock Wilderness; Valle Vidal, New Mexico; Vermillion Basin, Colorado.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 3, 2006).

Mode of access: World Wide Web.