Some of the largest and healthiest white-tailed prairie dog complexes, reintroduced black-footed ferrets, ferruginous hawks, burrowing owls, and mountain plovers all call this place home. In addition, oil shale outcrops harbor rare plants like Graham's penstemon and White River penstemon. While concentrating oil and gas development often makes good biological sense, this important basin in northeastern Utah contains too many rare species to declare the whole area a sacrifice zone. In conjunction with Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Utah Native Plant Society, and other partners, Center for Native Ecosystems is working to ensure that energy development does not cause the further imperilment of Uinta Basin species.