As damaging as intensive energy development is to habitat for sensitive species on public lands such as sage grouse%2C and as disruptive as it is to migrating wildlife such as pronghorn and mule deer%2C eventually it goes away%2C allowing rehab specialists to try to restore the land%27s ecological function. But the impacts that private land subdivisions have on wildlife are forever and they can negatively affect the health of species living on public land.. Photo of the Pinedale Anticline%252FJonah Field complex courtesy EcoFlight %28ecoflight.org%29