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  • Roan on the auction block

    Roan on the auction block

    The BLM auctioned leases on 54,631 acres in Western Colorado to the natural gas industry for a record $114 million.

    by Emily Steinmetz, Andrea Appleton, Marty Durlin, Aug 08, 2008

  • Drilling, wolves, guns and plutonium

    “Drill here, drill now!” on the ground and in Western politics; Northern Rockies wolves protected again – and on the move; Obama backs Second Amendment; gas pains in the West; plutonium spill in Boulder.

    by Sarah Gilman, Aug 02, 2008

  • Putting out the welcome mats

    EnCana Oil and Gas uses wooden drill-mat technology to preserve habitat

    by Evelyn Schlatter, May 19, 2008

  • Can wildlife weather the gas boom?

    Wildlife officials, BLM and energy companies to study Colorado sage grouse and mule deer, but conservationists call it a sham

    by Francisco Tharp, Apr 18, 2008

  • Can wildlife weather the gas boom?

    Wildlife officials, BLM and energy companies to study Colorado sage grouse and mule deer, but conservationists call it a sham

    by Francisco Tharp, Apr 08, 2008

  • Guarding Galisteo

    Pushing the limits of local control over energy companies

    by Francisco Tharp, Mar 14, 2008

  • The need to remember Black Sunday

    As western Colorado begins to dance to the tune of a brand-new energy boom, it’s good to remember that the last one ended in a total bust

    by Jim Spehar, May 14, 2007

  • Fatalities in the energy fields: 2000-2006

    At least 89 people died in the energy fields of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming during the last six years

    by Ray Ring, Apr 02, 2007

  • Slipping into the holidays

    This issue’s cover essay on New Mexico’s gas fields – and our publisher’s adventures during a recent snowstorm in Paonia – reveal the complex links that bind Westerners together for better or worse

    by Paul Larmer, Dec 25, 2006

  • Confessions of a Methane Floozy

    An environmentalist who owns royalty interest in New Mexico oil and gas wells heads down to the San Juan Basin to talk to rancher Tweeti Blancett, driller Tom Dugan and others about the moral complexities inherent in Americans’ energy use

    by Hannah Nordhaus, Dec 25, 2006
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