Win for Wildlife: Adobe Town Sage Grouse Spared From Oil Drilling

Defenders helped to fend off two drilling projects threatening imperiled sage grouse and public lands proposed for wilderness protection in Wyoming.

When oil company Samson Resources targeted drilling on lands near imperiled sage grouse breeding grounds and in places some local residents want protected as Wilderness, Defenders and a handful of conservation groups, came to the defense—challenging the Bureau of Land Management in court last July.

We were braced for a tough battle. But in a surprising turn of events last Friday, our coalition scored a small, but important victory for sage grouse when Samson Resources abandoned plans for the Desolation Road drilling project in Wyoming.

The oil company has filed paperwork to withdraw its application for the project, according to the Public News Service.

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