Fracture, Inject, Extract: Forcing a Fool's Bounty

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Oil and natural gas development, Jonah Fields, Wyoming: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 14 May 2006

Oil and natural gas development, Jonah Fields, Wyoming: photo by Jane Pargiter/EcoFlight, 5 August 2008

Oil and natural gas development, Lookout Mountain, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Oil and natural gas development, Hiawatha Fields, Vermilion Creek, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Oil and natural gas development, Hiawatha Fields, Vermilion Creek, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Oil and natural gas development, Hiawatha Fields, Vermilion Creek, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Oil and natural gas development, heart of Vermilion Basin, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Runoff plume from oil and natural gas development, Vermilion Creek, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Vermilion Basin, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Oil and natural gas development, Sandwash Basin, Wyoming: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 19 August 2005

Oil and natural gas development, Powder Wash, Wyoming: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 19 August 2005

Oil and natural gas development, Honeycomb Buttes, Wyoming: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 19 August 2005

Oil and natural gas development, Killpecker Dunes, Wyoming: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 19 August 2005

Oil and natural gas development, Little Snake River Valley, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Pipeline, Little Snake River, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Laying pipeline, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Great Divide, with oil and natural gas development, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Great Divide road, with oil and natural gas development, Moffat County, Colorado: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 27 April 2006

Tunnel and fracking atop Roan Plateau, western Colorado: photo by Jane Pargiter/EcoFlight, 5 August 2008

Colorado River and I-70 with oil and gas development at the base of the Roan Plateau: photo by Jane Pargiter/EcoFlight, 25 August 2008

Colorado River and I-70 with oil and gas development at the base of the Roan Plateau: photo by bsgordonaspen/EcoFlight, 13 April 2006