Too wild to drill

de Wilderness Society (U.S.)

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.