"END OF THE RANGE: The Plight of the Pronghorn"

For 6,000 years, a pronghorn herd has migrated from present day Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming into the Upper Green River Valley, where the animals spend the winter before returning to the park in the spring.  Over the past decade, a natural gas extraction boom has transformed the antelopes’ winter range into a spider web of roads, drilling rigs and compressors.  Click here to watch a story about efforts to create a National Migration Corridor to protect this ancient pathway.

 

“TROUBLE IN THE DEER FACTORY”

In western Colorado’s Piceance Basin, a new wave of energy development is exploding in an area known as “the deer factory,” home to one of the largest mule deer herds in the nation.  Click here to watch former state wildlife biologist and National Wildlife Federation regional executive director Steve Torbit and other Westerners talk about the effects of this rapid industrialization on this critical wildlife habitat. 

 

“VOICES FROM THE WEST: Living with the Oil and Gas Boom"

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From Wyoming to Colorado, oil and gas development is having a profound effect on the landscape and Western communities. Hear from people who live on the land and with the boom.

 

 

Produced with support from the National Wildlife Federation

 

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