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JACKSON, Wyo., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Trust for Public Land, working with a broad coalition of environmental organizations, concerned citizens, and more than 1,000 donors, announced today it has completed a transaction to purchase oil and gas leases on 58,000 acres of sensitive land in Wyoming's Hoback Basin. The acquisition means that affected land inside the Bridger-Teton National Forest near Grand Teton National Park will be forever saved from oil and gas...

Lease buyout will protect 58,000 acres of sensitive land in and around Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Grand Teton National Park Local residents, ranchers, hunters and state officials express strong support for transaction JACKSON, Wyo., Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Trust for Public Land announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Plains Exploration & Production Company (NYSE: PXP) to purchase oil and gas leases on 58,000 acres of...