Energy Development

ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

Conservation districts in southeast Wyoming sponsored the development of “Commercial Wind Energy Development in Wyoming, A Guide for Landowners.”

(This is an 89 page Adobe file and could take several minutes to download.)

The Laramie Rivers, Medicine Bow, and Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation Districts contracted with the University of Wyoming’s William D. Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment & Natural Resources to produce the document.  The “Guide” identifies key considerations for landowners to think through prior to entering a wind energy lease agreement.

Last Modified on February 17, 2010

Saratoga Ecampment Rawlins Conservation District

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ENCAMPMENT AREA WATERSHED STUDY IS COMPLETE
"During the fall of 2007, the BLM proposed to offer 13 parcels totaling about 28,000 acres for lease for oil and gas development around the Encampment/Riverside area.  The Encampment Area Watershed Study, funded by a grant from the Federal Natural Resources Policy Account, is an effort toward responsible energy development.  The purpose of the Study was to assess the adequacy of the BLM Rawlins Field Office Proposed Resource Management Plan and corresponding Final Environmental Impact Statement in protecting the social, economic, ecological, and physical resources in and around the Encampment area from potential impacts, particularly associated with prospective energy development.  For a copy of the Study you may either download it from this site or come by or call the Conservation District office."