Saving Wyoming's Hoback: The Grassroots Movement that Stopped Natural Gas Development
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1607815125 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Unchallenged, the proposed natural gas development in the national forest near the hamlet of Bondurant, Wyoming, would have brought roads, pipelines, water and air pollution, and a complete change in the character of the landscape and its communities. Saving Wyoming's Hoback tells the story of the Hoback and Noble Basins in northwestern Wyoming and of the citizens who worked together to protect the land that they loved. This landmark agreement--purchasing leases from Plains Exploration Company--would not have come to pass without the extraordinary will and expertise of local citizens. While some disagreed about specifics, their work as individuals and as coalitions is an inspiring example of how determined citizens can make a difference.. Retired schoolteachers, mine workers, big game hunting outfitters, and other stakeholders brought together their knowledge of the area to achieve a single goal: to prevent the industrialization of the wild country that was their home. In late 2012, more than one hundred people gathered to hear a long-awaited announcement: the Trust for Public Land had succeeded in preventing natural gas development in the remote Hoback Basin of Wyoming
Success stories are rare in the environmental field, and this ‘win’ in the Wyoming Range was a big one.” —Fred Swanson, author of Where Roads Will Never Reach (University of Utah Press 2015) . "A fine, personal story of how people who don't always agree with each other found common cause in opposing the industrial development of a magnificent mountain backcountry