The following series of Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance maps show the conflict between critical wildlife habitat
and areas in the Bridger-Teton National Forest open to oil and gas leasing as of 2006.

They also show how vulnerable the forest’s special places are to future energy development.

We hope they'll spur public involvement in the Bridger-Teton’s management plan revision process,
which has been going on since 2005.

Please click here for a fact sheet about oil and gas leasing on the Bridger-Teton, and for information about how
you can let forest officials know your favorite places in the forest should be designated “not suitable”
for oil and gas development in the B-T's new management plan. Click here for a list of people to comment to.

(UPDATE: In March 2009, Congress passed the Wyoming Range Legacy Act, which prohibits new leases for for energy exploration and development on 1.2 million acres of the Wyoming Range of the Bridger-Teton, so some of the information on Maps 2 and 25 below is now outdated. However, the forest remains at risk since the many acres of existing leases on the Wyoming Range are not covered under this legislation; nor are areas outside the Wyoming Range.
Click here for more information about the Wyoming Range Legacy Act.)

Funding for data collection was provided by
The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole’s Conservation and Environment Fund.