New leasing standards Bridger-Teton forest supervisor Kniffy Hamilton is considering new ways to judge whether to permit leasing 44,700 acres for energy development in the Wyoming Range south of Jackson. Hamilton’s agency is restudying a plan to lease the contested parcel, located near the Hoback Rim above Bondurant, after an Interior Department board rejected a plan to allow exploration and development. It cited insufficient environmental reviews in its rejection. Hamilton could include an intensive air quality analysis in the leasing review and could recommend stipulations that reduce the disruption caused by exploration or development. The news comes along with a geological assessment of the Wyoming Range acreage that suggests less gas underground than was previously thought....