Members of public join calls for consideration of wildlife, habitat in Colorado’s North Park

By Judith Kohler

WALDEN, Colo. – Members of the public have added their voices to calls by conservationists, hunters and anglers for federal land managers to consider the potential impacts on wildlife and habitat when approving energy projects on public lands in North Park.

A total of 240 people signed petitions asking the Bureau of Land Management to use a master leasing plan, which looks at development’s cumulative impacts across the landscape, as it updates the resource management plan for the lands managed by its Kremmling office.

Sportsmen: EPA report on `fracking’ underscores need for caution, transparency in energy development

Contacts:
Steve Belinda, TRCP, 307-231-3128, sbelinda@trcp.org
Kate Zimmerman, NWF, 303-441-5159, Zimmerman@nwf.org
Brad Powell, TU, (928) 300-5451, bpowell@tu.org

DENVER, COLO. - A report released today by the Environmental Protection Agency underscores the importance of increased caution and transparency in chemical disclosure when it comes to energy development and specifically hydraulic fracturing.
The EPA released its draft findings from an investigation into water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming, revealing that ground water in the aquifer contained compounds associated with gas production and practices, including compounds from hydraulic fracturing. The findings run counter to the argument industry and indeed, even regulatory agencies have made that the drilling process poses little to no risk to water supplies.