Somebody Broke Wyoming

Our first impression of Wyoming was a bit negative since much of the eastern part of the state is overgrazed, overmined, polluted and covered with a gray silt-like material. Drilling fields are everywhere. Open strip mines spew strange fumes into the air. We had just about given up hope when we got to the protected Big Horn Mountains, but after leaving them, we found yet another expanse of drilling. In every direction, drills dip up and down, resembling metal-skeleton cattle grazing on the bleached grass.