12 Places Too Wild Too Drill

TOO WILD TO DRILL! ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE DRIVE TO DRILL IS SENDING OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT DEEPER INTO OUR WILDEST, MOST BELOVED PUBLIC LANDS. 12 MOST THREATENED WILD PLACES ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UTAH PROPOSED DRILLING WITHIN SIGHT OF RECREATIONAL LANDMARKS CHACO CANYON, NEW MEXICO PROPOSED DRILLING WITHIN SIGHT OF SCENIC VIEWS ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ALASKA PROPOSED DRILLING THROUGH CARIBOU CALVING GROUNDS DESOLATION CANYON, UTAH PROPOSED DRILLING WITHIN PROPOSED WILDERNESS AREAS GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST, VIRGINIA PROPOSED DRILLING FRACKING WITHIN FOREST DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLORADO PROPOSED DRILLING IN ADJACENT LANDS WITHIN SIGHT OF VISITOR AREAS LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA PROPOSED DRILLING WITHIN ENDANGERED CALIFORNIA CONDOR HABITAT NORTH FORK OF THE FLATHEAD RIVER, MONTANA PROPOSED DRILLING AREA LEASED FOR DRILLING IN THE PAST REMAINS UNPROTECTED FROM FUTURE LEASES OTERO MESA, NEW MEXICO PROPOSED DRILLING PERMANENT FEDERAL PROTECTIONS NEEDED, DESPITE REBUFFED PAST CLAIMS TO DRILL THOMPSON DIVIDE, COLORADO PROPOSED DRILLING WITHIN RANCHING, RECREATION, HUNTING, AND ANGLING AREAS RED DESERT, WYOMING PROPOSED DRILLING WITHIN THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN AND AROUND THE RED DESERT WYOMING RANGE, WYOMING PROPOSED DRILLING THROUGHOUT 44,700 ACRES IN THE GATEWAY TO THE WYOMING RANGE WHAT DRILLING LOOKS LIKE OIL INFRASTRUCTURE, GAS FLARES, AND WELL PADS AND ROADS NOISE, TRAFFIC, AND HAZE, CHEMICALS, AND SCAR THE LANDSCAPE. FENCES DISTURB ANIMAL DUST POLLUTE AIR AND MIGRATION, FORAGING, POLLUTION DISRUPT WATER. AND BREEDING AREAS. VIEWS. WHAT WILDLANDS ARE WORTH H OUTDOOR RECREATION GENERATES: $646 BILLION 6 MILLION FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY ANNUALLY DIRECT JOBS WHERE WE'VE FOUGHT AND WON THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY AND PARTNERS HAVE KEPT THE OIL AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT, GAS INDUSTRY OUT OF SENSITIVE AREAS IN THESE PLACES: MONTANA WYOMING RANGE, WYOMING VERMILLION BASIN, COLORADO CARRIZO PLAIN, CALIFORNIA THE NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE, ALASKA WE CAN WIN AGAIN KEEP THESE EXTRAORDINARY PLACES WILD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SIGN THE PETITION: WWW.WILDERNESS.ORG/TOOWILDTODRILL PHOTO CREDITS http://ecoflight.org/index.php?mact=eco gallery,cnt- nt01,default,0&cntnt01 returnid=42&cntnt01issue=3 THE WILDERNESS -SOCIET Y- ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge - USFWS, Alaska Protecting wilderness and inspiring Americans to care for wild places.