A multi-disciplinary team approach was successfully empolyed to design and implement innovative environmental solutions to drill the 800 foot deep Hunter Creek exploratory well, less than 20 miles from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Acquiring permission from the FS, the BLM, and ultimately, the public to drill the Hunter Creek well involved substantial teamwork in identifying and resolving many potential, environmental pitfalls. Creative, workable and cost-effective mitigation measures employed at Hunter Creek included: utilizing a helicopter and limiting vehicle use of an existing road, conducting environmental and safety training, careful project planning, an erosion control and reclamation plan, designing an environmentally friendly, near-zero-discharge drilling location, initiating a water quality monitoring program, designing a waste minimization plan, identifying threatned and endangered and special status species possibly affected by project activities, and ensuring compliance with all mitigation measures and Federal and State regulations.
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