Legal Agreement Blocks Oil, Gas Leasing on 2.2 Million Acres in Colorado; Bureau of Land Management to Reconsider Plan, Protect Gunnison Sage Grouse
August 13, 2022
August 13, 2022
DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 13 (TNSgov) -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release:
Conservation groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have finalized a legal agreement that will prevent new oil and gas leasing across 2.2 million acres of southwestern Colorado until the agency supplements its environmental analysis and releases an amended plan for lands in the area.
"The North Fork Valley has been fighting for over a decade to prevent lea . . .
Conservation groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management have finalized a legal agreement that will prevent new oil and gas leasing across 2.2 million acres of southwestern Colorado until the agency supplements its environmental analysis and releases an amended plan for lands in the area.
"The North Fork Valley has been fighting for over a decade to prevent lea . . .