Common ground can be found “The recent compromise between the oil and gas company Bill Barrett Corp. and environmentalists, allowing the company to drill for natural gas while protecting sensitive areas, is a ray of hope for a nation facing huge energy needs. If factions so long at odds over...

Public lands discussion cannot be only listening "While Gov. Gary Herbert and Salazar on Tuesday praised the agreement between the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and energy development company Bill Barrett Corp. to limit natural gas drilling on sensitive land in eastern Utah, Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, in June called SUWA...

Cedar Mesa deserves wilderness designation Sen. Bob Bennett wants to expand the model for wilderness designation that he and Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson put together for Washington County. But now that Bennett won’t be returning to the Senate next year, the unprecedented progress he made in bringing various stakeholders together...

Wilderness/natural gas agreement wins praise from the Salt Lake Tribune “The epic battle for public lands pitting energy developers against environmental groups has yielded few compromises and even fewer agreements outside a courtroom. But the Bill Barrett Corp. and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance have managed to achieve both, to...