Our Mission

To protect, preserve, and promote the biodiversity, history, and cultural resources of the Wyoming Rocky Mountain Ecosystem.

The acc is celebrating its third year

It all started with fourth-generation Wyomingite, Anne Brande, and her desire to build a migrations museum and historic trail between the ghost towns of Sherman and Tie Siding. Now, thanks to the support of our 100+ members, we are working to stop the industrialization of the open spaces we love and the habitat wildlife depends on, before it is too late.

Preserve

Once wildlife habitats, migration paths, bedrock, archaeological sites, and the natural integrity of Albany County are lost, they cannot be brought back. Undeveloped natural spaces like we have in Albany County are becoming increasingly scarce, making it increasingly urgent that we preserve what is special, unique, beautiful, and rare before it is threatened.

Protect

Water quality, ecological diversity, economic wellness, and human health are endangered by irresponsible and unscrupulous development projects that prioritize short-term gain for a few over long-term prosperity and the natural rights of others. The time for action is now, and the place is here.

Promote

Seeking real solutions based in sound science and engineering is not always easy, and it’s not always the most lucrative option. There’s no magic answer, but we can prioritize the prosperity and stability of our local environment, mitigate negative impacts, and draw the line when a project threatens key spaces and resources. We believe it’s worth the effort.

Our Vision

Ultimately, the Conservancy aims to establish designated conservation spaces within Albany County in areas important for maintaining healthy wildlife populations and groundwater integrity. This would, in turn, benefit the county’s human population, much of which depends upon the Casper Aquifer for water and ecotourism for its economic foundation. Furthermore, it would make a positive contribution to the global environment by preserving rapidly vanishing undeveloped natural spaces.

Our Current Project

The Albany County Conservancy is deeply concerned by the negative environmental, economic, and health-related impacts of industrial energy development and urbanization. Over 95% of all industrial development, since 2017, has occurred in Southeast Wyoming along the Rocky Mountain corridor. Over 200 nationally significant historic sites, including [REDACTED] indigenous sites, migration corridors and habitat are suffering irreversible consequences.

Here are our concerns about wrongly-sited industrial development in Southeast Wyoming:

  • Proximity to over 500 residences and dwellings

  • Located within a continent-wide golden eagle migration corridor

  • Bedrock blasting near aquifer intake sites, and nationally recognized wetlands

  • Interruption of essential migration corridors for elk, pronghorn and mule deer

  • Disturbance of indigenous archaeological and cultural sites

  • Over 45 million pounds of fiberglass destined for landfill

  • Irreparable damage to tourism, recreation, property values and local economics

  • Unproven ability to restore sites after construction and operation

  • Zero means of ensuring proper protocol is followed or enforced at the county and state level

To view all current turbine locations in Southeast Wyoming, check out this interactive map by the USGS: https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uswtdb/viewer/#11.64/41.1105/-105.085

we’re in this together.

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