by Matt King, WCC Organizer On July 27, members of WCC’s Uranium Committee hosted an aerial tour in the West End of Montrose County to highlight the economic development potential of federally funded reclamation of inactive uranium mines. After the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2015
by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer In the wake of an unpopular compromise to keep a slew of oil and gas initiatives off of the November ballot, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is now considering new rules to … Continue reading
by Matt King, WCC Organizer This fall, the Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office is expected to release the first draft of its new Resource Management Plan. The RMP will guide the agency over the next 20-plus years in … Continue reading
by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer This July, members of WCC’s Public Lands Committee burned the midnight oil reading through a 700-page Forest Service plan for how to manage spruce beetle and aspen decline on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison … Continue reading
by Emily Hornback, WCC organizer After more than two years of meetings and negotiations, Ursa Resources has initiated the permitting process to drill 53 wells within the community of Battlement Mesa. In June, Ursa submitted a preliminary land-use application to … Continue reading
by Leslie Robinson, President of Grand Valley Citizen’s Alliance Printed in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Sunday, August 9th. Members of Grand Valley Citizens Alliance, the Battlement Concerned Citizens and Western Colorado Congress believe that a recent letter from a … Continue reading