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Roan Plateau’s Last Chance?

By | 06.26.07 | 7:00 am

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketCongressmen Mark Udall and John Salazar plan to introduce their amendment to halt leasing on the Roan Plateau for a year either on Tuesday or Wednesday on the House floor. Their amendment will be heard during the debate of H.R.…

Ritter Taking BLM to Task

By | 06.13.07 | 8:00 am

Governor Bill Ritter is using both barrels of his pen responding to the Bureau of Land Management’s Roan Plateau drilling plan and its oil shale Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. In both cases, Ritter has asked for restraint.

Bye, Bye Roan Plateau

By | 06.08.07 | 2:25 pm

UPDATED: Remember Rhett Butler’s line to Scarlett O’Hara from Gone with the Wind?

“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

That seems to be the Bureau of Land Management’s motto regarding the Roan Plateau west of Rifle.…

Udall, Salazar Seek Roan Plateau Protection

By | 05.15.07 | 12:16 pm

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketCongressmen John Salazar and Mark Udall are working together to delay oil and gas development on the Roan Plateau, a unique area of wildlife and fauna west of Rifle. They have asked a congressional appropriations subcommittee to cut the funding…