Updates from our Alliance

August 24, 2015

Uranium: Legacy or Opportunity?

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 […]
August 24, 2015

WCC weighs in on oil & gas rulemaking

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, […]
August 24, 2015

BLM to unveil long-awaited Uncompahgre plan

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 […]
August 24, 2015

WCC searches for middle ground on spruce & aspen plan

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 […]
August 20, 2015

Aug. 31 meeting on Battlement Mesa drilling plans

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 […]
August 10, 2015

Protecting quality of life is a public dialogue

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 […]
July 26, 2015

Wednesday: Public meetings on proposed new oil & gas rules

Almost a year after the oil and gas ballot showdown that wasn’t, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is considering new rules governing drilling […]
July 23, 2015

Comment today on 120,000 acre forest treatment

Tell the Forest Service to scale back this massive forest treatment proposal It could be coming to a forest near you: a 10-year-long project to log, burn or […]
July 2, 2015

Ursa plans drilling within Battlement Mesa

From the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel By Dennis Webb Saturday, June 27, 2015 Ursa Resources has filed a proposal with Garfield County to drill 53 wells […]