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On a cold November Tuesday, a mile outside of town, Tucker’s bright yellow Diedrich D-120 drill rig pierces the desert silence.

“Every drill rig that my company has is spoken for until May or June of next year,” said Ralph Anderson, the owner of Arizona Beeman Drilling.

“The purpose of things like this is not to solve all the problems,” Moore said the day after the first frack, as he stood on a dirt road a short distance from the drill rig.

The group noted reports of vandalism at the M2 rock shelter, including a drill rig putting a hole through its roof.

The drilling is moving ahead; last week, the BLM issued a draft environmental analysis that would allow a well pad with a 150-foot-high drill rig within the wilderness area or right by it.