Gale McGee (1915-1992) was a Wyoming U.S. senator and Democrat who served from 1959 to 1977. He joined the Wagon Wheel Information Committee and other Wyoming residents in opposing Project Wagon Wheel.
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"Statement of Opposition to Project Wagon Wheel: An Experimental Nuclear Stimulation of Natural Gas in Sublette County, Wyoming. Respectfully Submitted by the Wagon Wheel Information Committee and Other Residents of Sublette County,"January 1973
Letter to WWIC member Sally Mackey from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, January 10, 1973
McGee informs Mackey that a meeting has been set for February 7, 1973, between WWIC represenatives, the Wyoming delegation, and AEC staff.
List of members of the WWIC delegation coming to Washington, D.C. for the February 7, 1973 meeting regarding Project Wagon Wheel
Handwritten notations are included on the document.
Letter to U.S. Senator Gale McGee to WWIC General Chairman Floyd Bousman from, January 13, 1973
Bousman informs McGee of the community's straw vote on Wagon Wheel and asks McGee if he could arrange a meeting with Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz during the WWIC visit to Washington, D.C. in February.
Letter to WWIC General Chairman Floyd Bousman from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, January 23, 1973
McGee writes to Bousman that he has written to Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz requesting that Butz meet with the WWIC delegation.
Letter to U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Dr. Dixy Lee Ray from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, February 20, 1973
McGee congratulates Ray on her appointment as AEC Chairman, notes the shortcomings of her predecessor James Schlesinger, and asks what role local opposition plays in ending Project Wagon Wheel. McGee distributed this letter widely to constituents and others.
Letter to WWIC member Mrs. Vincent Birr (Phyllis) from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, February 22, 1973
McGee relates that he has written to new AEC Chairman Dr. Dixy Lee Ray and that he believes her academic background and environmental sensitivty may bring more responsive by the AEC on environmental issues.
Letter to U.S. Senator Gale McGee from WWIC General Chairman Floyd Bousman, February 22, 1973
Bousman notes WWIC disappointment in not being able to meet with AEC Chairman Schesinger during their visit to Washington, D.C., that the visit did nothing to improve the credibility of El Paso Gas or the AEC, and that their visit indicated the amount of public opposition to Project Wagon Wheel.
Cover letter from U.S. Senator Gale McGee to constituents enclosing his letter to AEC Chairman Dr. Dixy Lee Ray from February 20, 1973
Letter to U.S. Senator Gale McGee from WWIC member Daphne Platts, March 2, 1973
Platts writes of her pleasure at McGee sending his Feb. 20, 1973, letter to AEC Chairman Dixy Lee Ray to 300 constituents and compliments him on the text of the letter. She also thanks him for his comments during the WWIC meeting in Washington D.C. in February and the courtesies his office staff showed WWIC during their visit.
Letter to U.S. Senator Gale McGee from WWIC member Jean Gose, March 30, 1973
Gose encloses a copy of a Denver Post article regarding Project Rio Blanco near Rifle, Colorado, and an admission by an AEC press relations officer that water in the detonation area will become contaminated over time.
Letter to U.S. Senator Gale McGee from Stephen E. Johnson, April 10, 1973
A Laramie, Wyoming, resident asks McGee if he feels that Project Wagon Wheel is dead due to criticism surrounding Project Rio Blanco in Colorado.
Letter to Stephen E. Johnson from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, April 27, 1973
McGee responds to a Laramie, Wyoming, resident that he does not believe Project Wagon Wheel is dead due to technology questions still to be answered.
Letter to Montana Governor Thomas Judge from WWIC member Mary Ann Steele, February 20, 1974
The WWIC wrote to governors and senators of Rocky Mountain states to enlist their help in opposing the Plowshare program and informed Senator McGee that they were doing so.
Letter to U.S. Senator Gale McGee from WWIC General Chairman Floyd Bousman, April 25, 1974
Bousman refers to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study and a Western Interstate Nuclear Board study on Project Wagon Wheel.
Letter to WWIC General Chairman Floyd Bousman from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, May 15, 1974
Letter to WWIC General Chairman Floyd Bousman from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, May 15, 1974
Letter to Jim Olson from U.S. Senator Gale McGee, February 6, 1976
McGee replies to a Big Piney, Wyoming, resident's letter reflecting on why he (McGee) opposed Wagon Wheel and that the project has all but been abandoned.