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 3,000-foot-high plateau prized for its energy reserves and its wildland qualities.
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By Associated Press  LEHI -- An official is calling it a "water war." Two Utah County communities are claiming their supplies will be diminished if the state allows new wells to be drilled by Salt Lake County-based water agencies.
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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 Tammy Alhadef, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 10--TRINIDAD -- Forty acres of land within the Spanish Peaks state wildlife area were removed from a U.S. Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sale after a protest by the Colorado Wildlife Federation.
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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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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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The US 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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The federal government and three western states joined forces to launch a $620 million project to restore wildlife habitat and protect endangered species along 342 miles of the lower Colorado River.
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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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A short distance from Spindletop oil field, the site of the gusher that triggered the Texas oil rush more than a century ago, scientists have found a purpose for the long-disused underground reservoirs -- as storage for the pollution emitted by burning fossil fuels.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 25--When the Bush administration reversed federal policy in 2005 and announced it was opening up to 58 million acres of pristine national forest lands to timbering, oil and gas exploration and mining, the public reaction was heartening.
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By Bill Jackson, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 21--U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., has acquired $300,000 for the Greeley-based Central Colorado Water Conservancy District that will help district members gauge their well flows.
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By THE DENVER POST The Rocky Mountains' recent cold and snow has put a chill on natural gas production.
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jun. 8--The Colorado Division of Wildlife and Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation have joined forces to lease water from Colorado Springs to add to the permanent water storage pool at John Martin Reservoir.
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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 Kathy A. Goolsby, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 7--Grand Prairie tightened its gas well ordinance this week, increasing wellhead easements in the city by 100 feet.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  May 31--When a congressional subcommittee conducts a field hearing in Pueblo on Friday on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Crowley County will surely be part of the historical context.