Very well written from several points.  I appreciate that there is a real attempt to look at the conflicting thoughts between a depressed economy and turning a blind eye to the inevitable destruction just for money

Brian

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Always a bit gut-wrenching to hear about attacks on landscapes close to your heart.  Great story told from both the ideals of multiple generations growing up in the county, and how a place learns to deal/or not deal with change.  Great to know that there are inquisitive minds out there searching for answers.  I just hope stories like these begin to be the strange and not the norm, once we finally realize that domestic energy production can be slowed if we just start adopting new technologies.  Wouldnt it be great if Pinedale could house a PhotoVoltaic farm instead of huge gas fields!

I don't know about photovoltaic at Pinedale but to the northeast of Pinedale I understand there is excellent wind potential.  As the wells seem quite close together I suspect the depletion rate is getting shorter.  

Many people forget that Wyoming is more than the Tetons. That place "nobody" ever goes has a beauty of it's own, and the exchange of it for warm houses is no less tragic in the Jonah than outside Pinedale. Those zillion dollar ranch owners just have more clout than most.

All of the towns within 100 miles of the Jonah are affected by this boom, but Farson, Rock Springs and Wamsutter don't have any "post-card" qualities (unless you count Jack-a-lopes).

I understand the sorrow of losing a childhood memory to the onslaught of progress, but if we didn't want drilling in our wild places then we never should have let them have the Jonah; seriously, did we think it would satisfy them?

At least Sweetwater County has decided to keep Adobe Junction in the Red Desert free of rigs. Now how's that for a place no one ever goes...

Maybe we should focus our attention on making sure the NG corporations follow through on all that reclamation they promise to do, maybe someday the Lumen Road will be on the National Register of Historic Places!