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President Bush's "drill America first" energy plan puts some of America's most special wildlands at risk from oil and gas drilling. The president has not yet advocated drilling in most of these areas, but has called for "a review of obstacles" to oil and gas drilling. Among the areas threatened are:
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (Montana), Carrizo Plain (California) and California Coastal national monuments, Hanford Reach National Monument (Washington) and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (Colorado), all of which may have boundaries redrawn and extractive uses allowed. - Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, the heart of which is targeted for coal mining.
The Rocky Mountain Front outside Glacier National Park in Montana and Bridger-Teton National Forest outside Yellowstone, both of which are targeted for oil and gas drilling. - Valley of the Chiefs (Weatherman Draw) in Montana, held sacred by a number of Native American tribes, where the Anschutz Exploration Corp. has been granted permission to explore for oil.
Wyoming's Red Desert, which could become home to thousands of oil wells. - Coastal areas on the West Coast, East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and large portions of offshore Alaska, most of which are currently protected by moratoria on oil and gas leasing that may be lifted.
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