Threats to Clean Water, Healthy Air and Thriving Local Economy Prompt...
12/17/2012 The protests filed with the Bureau of Land Management seeks removal of all 20 Parcels and 20,555 acres of public lands from the agency’s February 2013 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Plans to open up...
View ArticleCommunity Group Prepares for Litigation as Last Resort to Protect Their...
1/25/2013 Concerned Residents Continue to Call on BLM to Remove All North Fork Valley Parcels from the February BLM Oil & Gas Lease Sale In a letter sent today to both state and national BLM...
View ArticleGroup pledges legal challenge of BLM leases in Colo. farming valley
1/25/2013An environmental group today said it is prepared to sue the Bureau of Land Management if it follows through with plans to offer 20,000 acres in a rural Colorado valley for oil and gas...
View ArticleBLM ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF ALL 20 NORTH FORK VALLEY PARCELS FROM THE...
2/06/2013 Farmers, Ranchers, and North Fork Residents Applaud the Agency’s Decision Today, the Bureau of Land Management announced the deferralof all 20 parcels in the North Fork Valley from the...
View ArticleFederal Agency Ordered to Reveal Identity of Corporations Seeking to Lease...
2/14/2013 Court reverses BLM policy of keeping the nominators’ identity secret until after the lease sale A federal court ruled yesterday that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policy and practice of...
View ArticleDrilling leases on 12,000 acres on hold
2/07/2013 Agency voluntarily delays energy development sale The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado office on Thursday announced it will hold off selling natural-gas and oil leases on more than 12,000...
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Judge extends deadline for BLM to disclose firms that nominated Colo. tracts
3/12/2013A federal judge has given the Bureau of Land Management an extra month to release the names of the oil and gas companies that nominated federal lands for leasing in Colorado's North Fork...
View ArticleCanada Lynx Edges Closer to Extinction While Feds Drag their Feet (press...
3/14/2013 Thirteen years after being listed as a threatened species, wildlife advocates take action to force a long-awaited recovery plan for Canada Lynx. The Canada lynx was listed as threatened with...
View ArticleJudge Denies 11th Hour Attempt by Energy Industry Trade Group to Join FOIA...
4/10/2013 Monday, April 15th Marks the Deadline for the BLM to Release Identity of who Nominated North Fork Valley Public Lands for Drilling and Fracking Leases Late yesterday U.S. District Court...
View ArticleBLM RELEASES IDENTITY OF NORTH FORK FRACKING NOMINATORS (press release)
4/15/2013 In Response to Precedent-Setting Court Ruling, Agency Releases Names of Parties Who Nominated Controversial North Fork Valley Oil & Gas Leases In a momentous victory for the public’s...
View ArticleWildlife Advocates Call For Endangered Species Status for Wolverine (press...
5/01/2013 The US Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposal to give wolverines the less-protective “threatened” status and failure to designate critical habitat ignore the scientific evidence and fall...
View ArticleProtections for wolverines draw states' opposition
5/06/2013 State officials in the Northern Rockies on Monday lined up against a federal proposal to give new protections to the carnivorous wolverine, as climate change threatens to melt the species'...
View ArticleAdvocates Call On BLM To Change Policy Consistent with Court Order (press...
5/17/2013 Twenty-nine organizations seek reversal of BLM’s policy that keeps secret the names of corporations that nominate public lands for oil and gas drilling read more
View ArticleGroups challenge fed handling of Navajo Mine assessment
6/10/2013WINDOW ROCK — Six conservation groups engaged in litigation regarding the expansion of Navajo Mine into Area 4 filed a letter Friday with the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and...
View ArticleU.S. Forest Service Withdraws Drilling Approval in Gunnison National Forest...
6/14/2013 At the Urging of Conservation Groups, USFS Reverses Course on Drilling Permit in Critical Big Game Habitat Near the Headwaters of the North Fork of the Gunnison River June 14, 2013PAONIA, CO...
View ArticleUSFS Withdraws Gas Drilling Permit
6/22/2013 Possible Precedent-setting Decision NORTH FORK VALLEY – The U.S. Forest Service Paonia Ranger District announced on June 14 that it is withdrawing its decision to approve an oil and gas...
View ArticleLooking For Lynx Habitat (Eugene Weekly)
6/06/2013 With thick fur and paws that work like snowshoes, the Canada lynx is a cat specialized for hunting in the snow. Already decimated by habitat destruction and overhunting, lynx are now facing...
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Rare oil-drilling project draws gusher of a response
8/03/2013Up Purdy Mesa east of Whitewater on a recent afternoon, Fram Operating LLC manager David Cook watched a rig rise from the ground in preparation for drilling what is an oddity these days in the...
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