Some conservation and sporting groups have asked the Bureau of Land Management to reconsider the approval of a methane gas-drilling project in northwestern Wyoming's Fortification Creek elk range.
Jill Morrison with the Powder River Basin Resource Council says the drilling could have substantial impacts on the range's elk herd, and that it could harm fragile soils and vegetation in the region.
The Bureau of Land Management ruled earlier this year that drilling within the Fortification Creek elk range would have no significant environmental impact. That cleared the way for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s plan to drill 134 wells in part of the range in Campbell and Johnson counties.
