Victory!
The Bureau of Land Management has pulled fifteen parcels in Adobe Town from the oil and gas lease sales scheduled for December. These parcels are located within the Adobe Town "Very Rare or Uncommon Area" designated by the state of Wyoming.

Broad Based and Official Support for Protecting Adobe Town
For years, the iconic landscape of Adobe Town has mobilized sportsmen, labor unions, faith groups, Native Americans, local and state governments, and conservation groups who believe the area is too special to drill.

Recognizing the broad support for protecting this area, the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council designated all 180,910 acres of Adobe Town as the state's largest "Very Rare or Uncommon Area" in 2007. A year later, the Sweetwater County Commissioners adopted a resolution recommending no future leasing in the southern two-thirds of the Adobe Town "Very Rare or Uncommon Area", which includes all fifteen parcels marked for sale in the December lease sale.

Thanks to Our Allies and Partners
BCA, The Wilderness Society, and the National Resource Defense Council recently met with high ranking officials at the Interior Department in Washington DC on the issue of Adobe Town protection. Five conservation groups including BCA, The Wilderness Society, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Wyoming Wilderness Association, and Center for Native Ecosystems formally protested the Adobe Town lease sales. The Wyoming Association of Churches and sportsmen joined BCA in issuing a press release against the leases.

The struggle to protect Adobe Town from oil and gas drilling and becoming an industrial wasteland has been a long and hard one. Without the commitment and efforts of diverse groups, locally elected officials, and the public, this victory would not have happened. Thanks to all who made this milestone happen.

However, seventeen parcels located statewide are within the Governor's Core Sage Grouse Habitat.