In March, workers began framing on what has been nicknamed the “Haliburton Hotel”, a new motel-like building on the west end of Pinedale along Highway 191. According to the developers the 100-room motel has been privately leased to Haliburton, a provider of oil and gas services, for housing of their oil and gas field employees for the next five years, and will not offer lodging to a single tourist guest during that time. The project sparked considerable controversy in Pinedale, as residents and the town officials debated what they felt was essentially a “man camp” right on the outskirts of town. Locals wondered how the influx of transient workers would impact the town, social services and crime. More