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Page 1: Tour public lands are witnessing the rapid ... · In the Crosshairs of Energy Development Sportsmen’s Paradises Threatened in the Rockies hose of us who hunt, fi sh and appreciate

In t

he

Cro

ssh

air

sof

En

erg

y D

evel

opm

ent

Spor

tsmen

’s Pa

radis

es Th

reat

ened

in th

e Roc

kies

Tho

se o

f us

who

hun

t, fi

sh a

nd a

ppre

ciat

e ou

r pu

blic

land

s ar

e w

itne

ssin

g th

e ra

pid

indu

stri

aliz

atio

n of

som

e of

the

fi ne

st h

unting

an

d fi s

hin

g ar

eas

in t

he R

ocky

Mou

ntai

n W

est.

Si

nce

1996

, ne

arly

26

mill

ion

acre

s of

the

Wes

t –

and

coun

ting

– h

ave

been

leas

ed fo

r en

ergy

de

velo

pmen

t. F

rom

the

lege

ndar

y m

ule

dee

r an

d el

k co

untr

y of

Wyo

min

g’s

Atla

ntic

Rim

to

the

blue

-rib

bon

Bea

verh

ead

Riv

er o

f M

onta

na,

favo

red

spor

tsm

en’s

des

tina

tion

s ar

e in

the

cr

ossh

airs

of en

ergy

pro

duct

ion.

Un

less

hu

nte

rs a

nd

an

gle

rs w

ork

H

AR

D t

o p

rom

ote

resp

onsi

ble

en

erg

y d

evel

opm

ent,

we

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

los

e h

un

tin

g a

nd

fi s

hin

g o

pp

ortu

nit

ies.

The

The

odor

e R

oose

velt

Con

serv

atio

n Pa

rtne

rsh

ip (T

RC

P) is

a c

oalit

ion

of

lead

ing

hunt

ing,

fi sh

ing

and

cons

erva

tion

or

gani

zation

s an

d in

divi

dual

par

tner

s w

orki

ng

toge

ther

to

guar

ante

e ac

cess

to

plac

es t

o hu

nt

and

fi sh,

to

cons

erve

fi sh

and

wild

life

habi

tat,

an

d to

incr

ease

fun

ding

for

cons

erva

tion

.

The

TR

CP

Ene

rgy

Initia

tive

is w

orki

ng

to b

alan

ce e

nerg

y de

velo

pmen

t w

ith

fi sh

and

wild

life

and

is g

uide

d by

som

e of

our

pa

rtne

rs’ to

p bi

olog

ists

and

exp

erts

thro

ugh

the

TR

CP

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h, W

ild

life

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ner

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kin

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sed

expe

rtis

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the

wor

king

gro

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active

net

wor

k of

spo

rtsm

en, T

RC

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ener

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team

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Page 2: Tour public lands are witnessing the rapid ... · In the Crosshairs of Energy Development Sportsmen’s Paradises Threatened in the Rockies hose of us who hunt, fi sh and appreciate

Hel

p TR

CP

Pro

mot

e R

espo

nsib

le E

nerg

y D

evel

opm

ent

Hunte

rs an

d ang

lers w

ho ca

re ab

out re

spon

sible

energ

y de

velop

ment

can

make

a dif

feren

ce. S

ign u

p to j

oin

TRCP

’s HA

RD ca

mpaig

n an

d yo

u wi

ll be

kep

t up

to sp

eed o

n ene

rgy de

velop

ment

issue

s in t

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eas y

ou

care

abou

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can d

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toww

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spon

sibles

ports

men

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or fi ll

out th

is po

stcard

and m

ail it

in tod

ay!

Oil

and

gas

deve

lopm

ent

is h

appe

ning

in

our

bac

kyar

ds, af

fect

ing

big

gam

e,

upla

nd b

irds

and

fi sh

erie

s on

our

favo

rite

pu

blic

hun

ting

and

fi sh

ing

area

s. H

asti

ly

deve

lope

d oi

l and

gas

fi el

ds in

the

Roc

ky

Mou

ntai

n W

est

are

impa

ctin

g fi s

h an

d ga

me

beyo

nd t

heir

abi

lity

to b

e su

stai

ned.

Hun

ters

and

ang

lers

rec

ogni

ze t

he n

eed

fo

r de

velo

pmen

t of

dom

estic

sour

ces

of

ener

gy. B

ut d

evel

opm

ent

need

s to

be

done

in a

way

tha

t ba

lanc

es t

he n

eeds

of

fi sh

and

wild

life

with

the

need

for

ener

gy.

Th

is w

ill e

nsur

e th

at o

ur p

ublic

land

s w

ill

alw

ays

prov

ide

spor

tsm

en w

ith

qua

lity

plac

es t

o hu

nt a

nd fi

sh.

Spor

tsm

en h

ave

foug

ht t

o es

tabl

ish

a co

nser

vation

lega

cy o

f in

cred

ible

pub

lic

land

s an

d fi s

h an

d w

ildlif

e re

sour

ces

– an

d w

e m

ust

cont

inue

to

appl

y th

is

cons

erva

tion

eth

ic.

To

ensu

re f

utu

re h

un

tin

g a

nd

fi s

hin

g

opp

ortu

nit

ies

on W

este

rn p

ub

lic

lan

ds,

YO

U n

eed

to

get

in

volv

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You

r vo

ice,

com

bin

ed w

ith

th

e vo

ices

of

th

ousa

nd

s of

oth

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por

tsm

en,

can

gu

ara

nte

e th

at o

ur

valu

es a

nd

ou

tdoo

r tr

adit

ion

s ar

e m

ain

tain

ed.

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City: ___________________________________________________________________

State: _________________________________Zip: ____________________________

Telephone: _____________________________________________________________

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I like to ■hunt ■fi sh ■hike ■camp ■other on public lands in:

State 1 ____________________State 2 _____________________State 3 ___________________

■ I would like to donate to TRCP’s HARD campaign. Amt: $ __________________

Wor

kin

g to

gua

ran

tee

you

a pl

ace

to h

unt

and

fi sh

.

Well p

ads a

nd ro

ads:

■Pr

edict

ed le

vel o

f use

by m

ule de

er: ■

■■

hig

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gh

med l

ow

low

Mule

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e pa

rtic

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ensi

tive

to

habi

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frag

men

tation

cau

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by e

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velo

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num

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of a

cres

lost

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larg

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lace

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f ro

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rill

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fi can

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use

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ter

rang

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dee

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in t

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ined

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Ant

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Wyo

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his

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with

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sea

sons

and

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duce

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mbe

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tag

s av

aila

ble

in t

his

on

ce-p

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ntin

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e: Sa

wyer

et al.

2006

. Wint

er Ha

bitat

Selec

tion o

f Mule

Dee

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re an

d Duri

ngDe

velop

ment

of a N

atural

Gas F

ield.

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