Energy & Western wildlands :
a GIS analysis of economically recoverable oil and gas /
by Pete Morton, Chris Weller, and Janice Thomson.

Description

Main Author

Morton, Pete.

Related Names

Thomson, Janice E., 1949-
Weller, Christopher.
Wilderness Society (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

[Washington, D.C.] : Wilderness Society, 2002.

Subjects

Public lands > Public lands / Economic aspects > Public lands / Economic aspects / West (U.S.).
Mineral lands > Mineral lands / Government policy > Mineral lands / Government policy / West (U.S.)
Oil and gas leases > Oil and gas leases / Environmental aspects > Oil and gas leases / Environmental aspects / West (U.S.).

Summary

"In January 2001, the Wilderness Society undertook a Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping assessment of the energy potential on western federal lands ... [using] government data to complete a GIS overlay analysis of gas and oil plays within the bounderies of roadless areas in six Rocky Mountain states (Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico) and in 15 national monuments managed by the BLM in Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona."--p. 7.

Note

"Economic analysis"--Cover.
"September 2002."

Physical Description

[iv] 31 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Locate a Print Version

Find in a library

Viewability