Area 125 covers the country in the central Powder River Basin around Wright and the country running between Gillette and Douglas—rolling sage prairie, scattered breaks and pine ridges, and the developed coal-mining and coal-bed methane country that defines the region. Elevations run from about 4,500 feet on the basin floor to 5,500 feet on the higher benches. The country is open: big sagebrush, bunchgrass, and scattered ponderosa pine on the higher ridges, with creek bottoms running through Cottonwood Creek, Wildcat Creek, and the Cheyenne River drainage. Wright is a planned coal-mining town built in the 1970s to support the surface mines—nearly the entire town is mine-related housing and infrastructure. The country is functionally an industrial landscape with hunting opportunity scattered through. BLM, state trust, and significant private ranch and mining holdings share the country with HMA and Walk-In access on participating ranches. WY-59 is the paved spine; county and lease roads thread the rest. Wright is the closest small town—gas, motel, basic grocery. Gillette is the full-service supply hub. Cell service is fair throughout. Antelope rifle in October is the headline; the open prairie holds strong pronghorn density. Mule deer in the breaks; whitetail in the creek bottoms. Energy traffic is constant; the country is bigger than it looks; wind is the constant. October hunts produce when the weather cooperates.