Conservation Groups Sue Federal Government Alleging Oil and Gas Leases Threaten Big Game Migration Routes

The federal government broke environmental laws when it leased 179 square miles in Wyoming for oil and gas drilling, threatening already-diminished migrating big game herds, two conservation groups assert in a lawsuit filed this week.

The Wilderness Society and Wilderness Workshop sued Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the BLM’s acting Wyoming Director Kris Kirby and others on Tuesday asking the U.S. District Court in Colorado to revoke leases sold in Wyoming and Colorado in June.

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