Some places are just Too Wild to Drill
Our last remaining wild places are threatened by pressures from oil, gas and mineral extraction on public lands. Oil and gas drilling scar the landscape, disrupt wildlife and release dangerous chemicals into the environment. Dust and toxic chemicals from mining pollute our air and water.
Though the threats from drilling and mining are gravely concerning, we can succeed in our fight to protect exceptional wild places.
Energy companies already have massive control of public lands and more leases than they can use. Of the 27 million acres currently under lease to oil and gas companies, more than half are sitting idle. Why give them more? There ought to be a few places deemed Too Wild To Drill.
Places at risk
Oil Drilling: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Mason Cummings, The Wilderness Society
Oil and Gas Drilling: Badger-Two Medicine
tonybynum.com
Oil and Gas Drilling: North Fork Valley
Mason Cummings, The Wilderness Society
National Monuments: Grand Staircase-Escalante
Mason Cummings, The Wilderness Society
Oil and Gas Drilling: New Mexico
Gosia Allison-Kosior
Sustainability: Montana's Unspoiled Wildlands
Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management
Oil and Gas Drilling: Northern Red Desert
Kathy Lichtendahl
What we're doing
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Fighting industry proposals
We fight industry proposals to destroy some of the best wild places in America for short-lived commercial gains.
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Increasing visibility of these issues
We rally supporters and increase media visibility and awareness by highlighting these iconic landscapes threatened by drilling and mining and telling stories of the people fighting to protect them.
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Demonstrating public support
We beat back the administration’s push to hand our public lands over to the fossil fuel industry by demonstrating broad public support for protecting wild landscapes.
