Letter: Oil and gas leases should be deferred

On Saturday, Nov. 3, Sublette BOCES sponsored a presentation and book signing for “Wild Migrations, Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates.” This book is an impressive body of research that answers questions about the species that migrate from the Red Desert to Yellowstone.

I find it very ironic that just as these scientists have documented the cultural habits  of the Sublette mule deer herd and exact maps of the migration of mule deer, antelope, elk, and moose, the state of Wyoming and the federal government have opened 68 proposed oil and gas leases which overlap with corridors or winter ran...