When the BLM agreed that the area met all the requirements for protection and pledged to update its 1987 management plan, the community as a whole took the agency at its word. By allowing gas drilling on these lands, the agency is ignoring public opinion and the conclusions of its own multiyear public process.

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By allowing gas drilling on these lands, the agency is ignoring public opinion and the conclusions of its own multiyear process.

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When BLM agreed that the area met all the requirements for protection and pledged to update its 1987 management plan, the community as a whole took the agency at its word.

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Water is as good as gold in arid Colorado. As northwest Colorado continues to grow we can?t afford to put our water supply in jeopardy just to benefit the oil and gas industry.

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