More than a Decade later, Pavillion Residents Continue to Face Complications due to Contaminated Water
Jeff and Rhonda Locker look out across a cut alfalfa field. Newly cut rows of alfalfa stretch into the distance. Clean mountain air blows down…
Working to Prove Accountability: A Hydrogeologist’s Perspective on the Pavillion Water Crisis
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.
Pavillion Community Still Waiting on a Solution for Clean Drinking Water
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…
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Lax Permitting, Poor Construction Lead to Groundwater Contamination
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…
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Forging Allyships in a Time of Adversity
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…
Private Land, Public Minerals: The Problem with Split Estates
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,…
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