There's a growing dialogue across the West about whether the pros of the recent energy boom outweigh the cons. And ground zero for this debate might be Pinedale, Wyo., a town of 1,500 in the shadow of the Wind River Range that is flanked by oil and gas fields. Last week, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal criticized the Bureau of Land Management's land-use plan for the area for failing to address the impact of oil and gas development on fish and wildlife. And some 50 people held a sit-in last weekend on the gas fields outside Pinedale to protest the drilling's impact on the environment.

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