Tagged: BLM

Headlines:

• Marijuana tax becomes a sticking point in the Legislature
• Billionaire land swap proposal  – but it’s not from Bill Koch
• No charges for Delta cops accused of excessive force
• High Country News’ Emily Guerin on training ranchers to be firefighters
  

Headlines:

• Governor signs ASSET bill into law
• Battlement Mesa meeting addresses Parachute Creek Leak
• New EPA figures say emissions control has reduced the impact of natural gas industry on climate change
• Dominguez-Escalante conservation area council needs members
• Jim Elder announces for DMEA District 4
• Telluride residents say no to uranium mines at BLM meeting
  

Headlines:

• Judge rules against industry trade group in local suit against BLM
• Stricter reporting of gas and oil spills clears committee
• Williams says failed pressure gauge is the source of Parachute leak
• Half of state’s sheriffs consider legal challenge to gun restrictions
• Why are the deer in your yard? They may be starving.
• Delta County athletes keep records falling; double-header doubles as fundraiser

Headlines:

• Grand Mesa Fire Destroys Lodge
• Black Canyon Hiker Falls To His Death
• Bills Would Revamp State Oil and Gas Commission
• Legislators Want to Mandate Renewables Increase for Rural Electric
• BLM Favors Energy Development Companies in Thompson Divide
• Parachute Leak Went Farther, Started Earlier Than Previously Reported
• Tea Party, Part II. Utah Legislator Brings Freedom Rally To Colorado
  

Headlines:

• Early and Severe Fire Season Forecast For West Slope
• Four BLM Controlled Burns Planned for Grand Mesa Area
• Driving While Stoned Bill Passes State House
• Western Slope Skies From Black Canyon Astronomical Society
• KVNF Comment Line
  

In a press release sent out early this morning, the BLM Colorado Office announced that all 20 North Fork Valley parcels have been removed from the Feb. 14th oil and gas lease sale. 

“We’ve listened to concerns raised in numerous comments and public meetings and we are responding by deferring the North Fork Valley parcels at this time,” said Colorado State Director Helen Hankins.  “We are addressing the deferred parcels through continued dialogue with the local community and with ongoing planning efforts in the Uncompahgre Field Office.  

KVNF’s Marty Durlin interviewed BLM spokesperson Steven Hall, a Hotchkiss native, about the decision. He was speaking on his cell phone from an airport, and began by stressing that the parcels were not deferred because the the agency’s 20-year-old Resource Management Plan is inadequate. Hear that interview below: