Mike Wireman, a hydrogeologist, has spent the last five years trying to understand what is causing the Pavillion water crisis in relation to oil and gas development.
Residents impacted by leaking wells look to Encana and the state of Wyoming for a solution. Evelyn stood on her deck overlooking a patchwork of…
Continue reading → Pavillion Community Still Waiting on a Solution for Clean Drinking Water
Thirty years after faulty gas wells and unlined holding ponds began contaminating groundwater, residents of Pavillion, Wyoming, still can't drink the water. Sue Spencer, a…
Continue reading → Lax Permitting, Poor Construction Lead to Groundwater Contamination
I’m Wayne Lax from, originally, Detroit, Michigan. We moved to Wyoming in 1999 and have been here ever since. We had no knowledge or background…
Karen: "I’m Karen Turner. I’ve been married to LJ for almost...46 years? 47? Anyway, a long time. I came out here teaching school in 1967,…
Continue reading → Private Land, Public Minerals: The Problem with Split Estates
Bill: “My name is Bill West, and I’ve been on the ranch here for eighty-three years. Born and raised here. My dad came out in…
Continue reading → No Room for Negotiation: The Problem with Split Estate