Conservation easement and migration route designation safeguard a ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ bottleneck

A critical migration bottleneck for the Sublette Pronghorn Herd, located at the New Fork River in Wyoming, has been protected through a new conservation easement and formal migration route designation. The area became the center of a significant environmental dispute during a 2023 lease sale, when an oil and gas company placed a $19-per-acre bid to drill within the narrow corridor used by the animals.