On October 4th, 2017, the BLM published its record of decision on the Bull Mountain Master Development Plan, approving the drilling of 146 natural gas wells and 4 wastewater injection wells in the Muddy Creek drainage above Paonia Reservoir. The Western Slope Conservation Center strongly opposes [...]
Bureau of Land Management Greg Larson, Field Manager, Uncompahgre Field Office Joseph Meyer, District Manager, Southwest District Office Gregory Shoop, Acting State Director, Colorado State Office To Whom it May Concern: Thank you for including the North Fork Alternative in the draft Uncompahgre [...]
In late September, the Western Slope Conservation Center joined over a dozen other local and regional stakeholders – including coal companies, energy coops, state and federal agencies, and conservation groups – to begin discussion of the impacts, challenges, and opportunities involved [...]
The North Fork Watershed is Too Wild To Drill! The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Bears Ears National Monument. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Greater Grand Canyon Watershed. And, of course…..The North Fork of the Gunnison in Colorado. These are just a few of the [...]
Last Wednesday, members of the Watershed Committee got the chance to visit the Paonia Reservoir Dam and portions of Fire Mountain Canal. Steve Fletcher of Fire Mountain Canal and Mark Smith of the North Fork Water Conservancy District took the group on an extensive tour of the dam [...]
Changes are coming to the Paonia Reservoir. The Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Fire Mountain Canal Company, and North Fork Water Conservancy District (NFWCD) will host a meeting at Memorial Hall in Hotchkiss on August 15 at 7pm, to explain the work that needs to be accomplished at the Paonia [...]