A new set of state rules for managing millions of acres of roadless public lands in Colorado — rules critics say are loaded with loopholes for oil and gas drilling, logging and ski-area expansion — are now out of the public arena and expected to be finalized sometime next year.
It’s all over the news and blogs: According to campaign manager Dick Wadhams, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Schaffer backs Gov. Bill Ritter’s plan for phased oil and gas development on the Roan Plateau. But how hard is it…
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was mandated by Congress to write a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) that would study the environmental, social and economic impacts of an oil shale industry in northwest Colorado. Incidentally, the public, local…
The Bureau of Land Management is setting aside public land for the commercial development of oil shale, although a commercially viable process to extract the oil does not exist.
The Bureau of Land Management is reducing Colorado’s wild horse numbers because of the drought and other impacts. Some ranchers want wild horses gone from the Western Slope landscape because they compete for forage with grazing cattle and sheep in…
Wild horses are considered an icon of the great American West. Yet, wild horses are joining the ranks of unwanted dogs and cats-are we loving them to death?
Colorado is home to four wild horse management areas, all located…
You can’t e-mail nor can you fax your letters. Only comments via the Post Office or in person will be accepted by the Bureau of Land Management.
Governor Bill Ritter’s office may have an extra 120 days to comment…
Congressmen Mark Udall and John Salazar may have had to fold their hands over the Roan Plateau yesterday, but Senator Ken Salazar pulled an ace from his sleeve today saying he will up the ante to delay oil and…
BLM’s fast track on oil shale was derailed, but Roan Plateau development delay was dumped
Democratic Congressman Mark Udall’s Amendment 2 to the Interior Department budget that would delay the Bureau of Land Management’s oil shale development plan was…
Local northwest Colorado town and county officials and the governor’s office were “sworn to secrecy.” The federal government report was still in its draft stages and it was too early to inform the public or press about its contents. The…
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