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Monday, September 29, 2003

About 50 youth from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming ran more than 150 miles to raise awareness of sacred sites.

On Sunday, the Shoshone and Arapaho youth ran through a part of the Red Desert known as the Jack Morrow Hills where sacred sites are located. The Bureau of Land Management is considering allowing drilling there.

Plains tribes are opposing the project. More than 60,000 public comments have been received, the most the BLM has received for a a draft environmental impact statement.

Get the Story:
Natives running for the Hills (The Casper Star Tribune 9/27)

Relevant Links:
Jack Morrow Hills Documents, BLM - http://www.wy.blm.gov/jmhcap

Related Stories:
Wyo. governor calls for sacred site protections (06/27)
Wyo. tribes oppose drilling near sacred sites (06/04)
Drilling slated in area known for sacred sites (02/19)
Wyo. site eyed for gas drilling (07/01)
Wyo. site eyed for gas reserve (4/3)
Wyo. drilling meets resistance (1/10)
BLM backing drilling in Wyo. (5/15)

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