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Coloradans from all walks of life have long supported protecting the Roan Plateau. The Campaign to Save Roan Plateau has worked for over 10 years, gathering unprecedented levels of local and statewide support for protecting these cherished public lands. In spite of tremendous community support for protecting the Roan Plateau, in August 2008 the Bush Administration directed the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to lease every acre of public land on and around the Plateau for oil and gas development. Once it was clear the citizen voice was being ignored on this issue, CEC and nine other conservation groups legally challenged the leases. Our goal has been to get the leases on the top of the Roan cancelled and have the BLM re-do its plan to provide protection for the outstanding natural values on the top and wildlife habitat at the base. Our coalition worked closely with industry and the federal government for over a year to reach a deal but these negotiations came to a premature and unsuccessful end this month. We remain cautiously optimistic that the court will eventually rule in our favor and find the Bush Administration’s drilling plan to be illegal and should hear in the next week as to the courts decision. We need you to get involved and stay updated on what happens in the coming weeks so we can ensure the Roan Plateau is protected from oil and gas development.

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Fact Sheets

Roan Plateau: A Colorado Legacy Worth Protecting (5MB!!,pdf)
History of Public Support for Protecting the Roan Plateau (123kb, pdf)
City of Rifle's management comments and preferences in regards to the current draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement for the Roan Plateau Planning Area (308kb,pdf)
Letter to the BLM asking that the agency correct and provide a reasonable, realistic, and accurate account of drilling rates (18kb,pdf)
Media Memo-flawed drilling rates skew analysis (33kb,pdf)
Roan Plateau abbreviated technical comments (336kb, pdf)
Roan Plateau Community Alternative - Four Steps to Crafting a Better Plan (21kb, pdf)
Q&A About the Roan Plateau Draft Plan (300kb, pdf)
Summary factsheet of presentaton given to town and city councils (330kb, pdf)
Anvil Points Bulletin December 2004 (107kb, pdf)
Roan Plan by the Numbers: Deferred Drilling (16kb, pdf)
Roan Plan by the Numbers: No Need to Drill on Top (40kb, pdf)
Energy Development Would Damage Top and Cliffs of Roan Plateau (69kb, pdf)
Impacts of Oil and Gas Drilling (316kb,pdf)
Roan Plateau overview (284kb,pdf)
The Economic Trade-offs of Oil and Gas Development (45kb,pdf) B/W version
A Glance at Energy in Garfield County (34kb,pdf) B/W version
Safeguarding Our Western Landscape (56kb,pdf) B/W version
Anvil Points Bulletin Winter 2003 (161kb, pdf)

Local City & Town Resolutions

Town of Silt Resolution (52.kb,pdf)
Silt Board of Trustees resolution supporting the Community Alternative (415kb, pdf)
New Castle Town Council resolution supporting the Community Alternative (398kb, pdf)
Glenwood Springs City Council meeting minutes reaffirming their position for no drilling on the public lands atop Roan Plateau (76kb, pdf)
Silt resolution supporting preliminary alt. F 10/15/2002 (220kb,pdf)
New Castle resolution supporting preliminary alt. F 8/12/2002 (220kb,pdf)
Carbondale resolution supporting preliminary alt. F 10/15/2002 (220kb,pdf)
Glenwood Springs resolution supporting preliminary alt. F 10/15/2002 (220kb,pdf)
City of Rifle letter to the BLM 11/8/2002 (94kb, jpeg)
Parachute resolution supporting preliminary alt. F 10/15/2002 (99kb, jpeg)
Garfield Board of County Commissioners Roan letter to BLM 1/13/2003 (183kb, pdf)

BLM Documents

Comment analysis report for Roan Plateau DEIS June, 2005 (2MB!!, pdf)
BLM Reasonable Foreseen Development (RFD) Memo May 29,2003 (404kb, pdf)
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern August, 2002 (4MB!!, pdf)
Roan roadless review and wilderness inventory (107kb, pdf)
Purpose and need for Roan Planning Process (214kb, pdf)

AGENCY LINKS

Glenwood Springs BLM Office - agency information on the Roan planning process.
BLM Roan RMP & EIS website - Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement site.
BLM wilderness character inventory - Final inventory results from march of 2000 and public comment analysis.
Roan Plateau eligibility report for Wild & Scenic Rivers system (1MB, pdf)
Scoping report for the Roan RMP amendment and EIS

Last Updated ( October 12, 2007 )