Feds OK wells on Colo. plateau land
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Federal land managers on Friday authorized up to 1,570 new natural gas wells over the next 20 years on a mountain plateau prized for its energy reserves &#151; and its wildlife.
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said  on Friday its preferred plan for the rim of the Roan Plateau in  western Colorado is to defer oil and natural gas drilling until  80 percent of anticipated wells are drilled below the rim.
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SemGroup, L.P., announced today that Front Range Pipeline, L.L.C. will  build a crude oil pipeline extending from Colorado's  DJ Basin, an area well-known for its oil and natural gas reserves, to  Cushing, Oklahoma. The pipeline is expected to be operational by January  2009.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas  - A U.S. court has given the government permission to survey a parcel of land for a proposed fence along the Texas-Mexico border, in the first of more than 100 lawsuits threatened against recalcitrant landowners, a Justice Department spokesman said on Tuesday.
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By Henry Brean  By HENRY BREAN  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The federal government will press on with two projects designed to conserve Colorado River water, some of it for use in Nevada, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne told a conference of water managers in Las Vegas on Friday.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 24--Reservoir construction, pipelines and water imports in the Arkansas Valley have changed flows in ways not yet fully understood.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The Bush administration's aggressive drive to promote oil and gas drilling on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains has sparked growing anger here among traditional Republican constituents who say that the stepped-up push for energy development is sullying some of the...
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By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE  DENVER - Don Stites and Marion Vaughan bought land in the Rancho Colorado subdivision believing that someday they'd have water. Years later, they still have to truck it in.
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By Li Fangchao  An eight-year geological survey revealed that there is enough underground water to support the country's strategic development plan to construct energy bases in the Ordos Basin in Northwest China, geologists said.
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By Max B. Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 16--The Pueblo West Metropolitan District board endorsed a plan to sell some water to Aurora Tuesday night, but a different water matter drew most of the talk at the meeting.
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By JEANNETTE J. LEE  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne expressed confidence in an upcoming oil lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska when he visited the North Slope last week.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 9--Pueblo County's 1041 land-use regulations are becoming a "smorgasbord for lawyers," as Commissioner Matt Peulen put it.
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  May 31--Colorado Springs Utilities last week completed the Fountain Creek Recovery Project, which is intended to keep accidental wastewater spills from reaching the environment and downstream communities.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - A federal judge has upheld  the Bush administration's plans to allow oil drilling  throughout a large section of federal land on Alaska's North  Slope, rejecting arguments by environmental groups that  unfettered oil development would harm the region.
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By Ed Sealover, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colo.  Sep. 15--Colorado Springs is set to add a parcel to its open-space  collection that would serve as a link between Mesa Open Space and Bristol Park  on the city's west side.
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By PAM ZUBECK THE GAZETTE  A scenic wildland area 11 miles southwest of Colorado Springs that's languished as a recommended wilderness area for years has a chance to gain permanent federal protection.