Throughout this region, two types of natural gas are being targeted: tight sands gas and coal bed methane (CBM). The Powder River Basin is rich with CBM resources but extracting the gas is more costly than sands gas even though drilling costs much less. The extraction problem is also aggravated because of the water that comes out during exploration. This water has to be safely disposed off but it is highly saline and can thus cause damage to land and crops. While the officials might come up with many benefits that they feel would accrue to landowners with this kind of exploitation, the residents of the region do not agree with them. People believe that due to lack of water, the area has become unlivable.

The article speaks against government's energy policies and explains the environmental damages that wou

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Land Management, Rocky Mountains, Juan Basin, River Basin, Mountain Front, National Geographic, John Mitchell, , natural gas, energy development, natural gas resources, rocky mountain, rocky mountains, sands gas, energy exploration, gas resources,
Approximate Word count = 547
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)