Bruce Gordon, chief pilot and founder of EcoFlight, a non-profit organiztion that uses light aviation for conservation and educational purposes.
Here he is seen in front of his Cessna 210 at Pinedale WY airport while making a survey of gas drilling and the infestation of white pine bark beetles that is killing much of the forest in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Drilling for natural gas production on the Pinedale Anticline, just outside of Pinedale WY. The anticline is both a critical migration route for pronghorn antelope, and the winter range for muledeer. The impact on wildlife increases when the drilling pads are spaced closely together