With the US at war in Iraq, rushing to secure the flow of oil from the Middle East, a concurrent race is happening right now closer to home on American soil.

Home to some of the most pristine landscapes in the United States, the American Rockies are under threat. Shortly after the Bush administration came to power in 2001, they granted the leasing of all American public lands to oil and gas industries. With rich pools of oil and natural gas spanning from Montana to New Mexico, a war has broken out between citizens who’ve lived on the land for generations, and the US government willing to destroy it for just a few days supply of energy. A sobering story about the current administration’s exploitation of its land and its people.