Concerns grow for Greater Little Mountain area

Concerns continue to grow regarding proposed oil and gas leases the Bureau of Land Management intends to sell in the Greater Little Mountain area.

Large portions of the area were listed in a fourth quarter lease proposal released by the BLM earlier this year.

For Joshua Coursey, Muley Fanatics Foundation CEO in Green River, protecting the Greater Little Mountain Area comes down to wanting to promote a healthy game population in the area, as well as preserving some of the few places in Sweetwater County that have been untouched by human development. Coursey said the area has winter ranges used...