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What RuPaul said about the ranch
In a 2020 interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, RuPaul corrected the interviewer’s reference to “60 acres” to “60,000 acres.” Asked what was done with the land, he described the work as land management:
“Well, the – a modern ranch – a 21st-century ranch is really land management. It is – you lease the mineral rights to oil companies, and you sell water to oil companies. And then you lease the grazing rights to different ranchers. So it’s land management, you know?”
The Fresh Air Archive transcript records his account. It is direct evidence of what RuPaul said, but not a set of property deeds, mineral leases, water-sale contracts, or well-operation records.
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What the reported well counts do—and do not—show
Two Guardian reports in 2020 cited FracTracker-based estimates, but they describe different counts and scopes. They should not be combined or treated as a present-day total.
| Report | Attributed estimate | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|
| March 2020 Guardian report | Earther’s analysis using FracTracker data calculated 35 active oil and gas wells on 10,000 acres of the property. | A historical estimate reported for that area and date; it does not establish current status or who operated or fractured each well. |
| August 2020 Guardian follow-up | FracTracker estimated 60 producing oil wells and 144 wells awaiting approval on the LeBar Ranch property. | A separately reported estimate with a different description and scope, not a current verified inventory. |
The counts appear in The Guardian’s March 2020 report and its August 2020 follow-up. The available reporting does not independently verify parcel boundaries, the status of each well, its hydraulic-fracturing history, or its operator.
Does leasing mineral rights mean RuPaul is fracking?
No—not on the evidence cited here. Leasing mineral rights to an oil company is not the same claim as personally drilling or hydraulically fracturing a well. The interview supports the first claim as RuPaul’s description of ranch management; it does not identify specific wells, lease terms, or the companies responsible for particular operations.
Hydraulic fracturing is a specific oil-and-gas technique. The Wyoming State Geological Survey describes it as pumping water or other fluid, proppant, and chemicals under high pressure into an oil or gas reservoir to create fractures that increase hydrocarbon production. A reported well’s presence or production does not, by itself, establish when or whether it was hydraulically fractured.
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Not necessarily. Surface rights and mineral rights can be separately owned, as the Guardian’s August report explains. That general fact does not establish who owns the surface or minerals at LeBar Ranch, what rights were leased, or what conditions governed any lease. Those property-specific questions require title and lease records.
For current well and permit information, the Wyoming State Geological Survey says the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission maintains the state’s well information database. A reliable current count would require matching records to the relevant property boundaries; the 2020 reports do not provide that well-level, property-matched dataset.
Quick Recap
What can be stated confidently
- In 2020, RuPaul described a 60,000-acre ranch and said its management included leasing mineral rights and grazing rights and selling water to oil companies.
- Guardian reports that year cited FracTracker-based estimates of wells associated with the property, with different counts and scopes.
- The cited material does not establish that RuPaul personally operates wells or performs hydraulic fracturing, nor does it verify the present status of the reported wells.
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