In March of 2009 the House of Representatives approved a bill
that calls for protection of some of America's finest natural
landscapes. President Obama signed the bill within a week. One
of the expanses of wild lands that is protected by the law is
part of the Rocky Mountains called the Wyoming Range in western
Wyoming. The Wyoming Range lies south of the Grand Tetons near
Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It contains the largest tract of roadless
land in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Without the work of
Earthjustice, the Wyoming Range today would likely be marked by
oil derricks, compressor stations and all the other industrial
trappings that go with oil and gas development The Wyoming Range
is prime ground for hunting, fishing, recreation, and associated
travel worth tens of millions of dollars annually to Wyoming.
Under thhis bill, about 1.2 million acres of this national
forest land will now be protected from future mineral leasing
with only a negligible affect on oil and gas production in the
region. View Larg