Anglers, hunters and wildlife activists are organizing against a proposed pumped-water-storage hydroelectric project at Seminoe Reservoir in Carbon County. They object to the developer’s request to be exempted from seasonal wildlife restrictions during the project’s three-to-five year construction.

Officials in Carbon and Natrona counties have also added to a chorus of concern that the massive $3 billion to $5 billion construction project threatens wildlife and recreational opportunities that support the local economies, including world-famous fisheries, important elk, mule deer habitat and sage grouse, as well as a vital bighorn sheep herd.

“I’m all for energy development. I just think this is a really poor project that puts so many things at risk,” said Blake Jackson, a fishing guide a

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