"Dear Secretary Jewell,
I'm fully aware that the BLM will probably not ban fracking on its lands, though I wish it were otherwise. But please consider restricting it as much as possible; we are playing with fire, fire we barely understand (at least outside of the offices of Exxon), and this is nothing but a great danger to the lands that the BLM is tasked with caretaking and conserving. These lands belong to every citizen of United States. They belong to the oil companies and their employees as well. But how can a rational person believe that breaking up shale and sediment in a haphazard way will not result in contaminating groundwater? When we need that water for farming, or drinking, or when the land itself starts to die and wither where will Chevron and Shell be? How will they replace this land? Shall we just tell our children and grandchildren that the need for cheap oil and gas was more important than having vast forests and canyons and beautiful untouched land?
Please consider the interests of the country before those of a few companies, no matter how massive and profitable they are.
Sincerely,
Renny Young"
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