The Lake Ridge Unit

Putting Process Over Politics

From the Glenwood Springs Post Independent
It's often said laws and rules are only as good as institutions that enforce them. Allowing the BLM to follow process, born of law, is critical in managing the diverse activities occurring on public lands. The Lake Ridge Unit Application should be approved or denied based on its own technical merits, not by misappropriated political pressure or special treatment for an area of wealth and political influence.

Oil, Gas Boom Pays Off for Cities, Counties

School districts also see a big jump in 2011 payments

From the Greeley Tribune
Western Slope counties, municipalities and school districts also saw large surges in dispersals. In severance taxes for 2011, Garfield County will get $2.08 million ($1.1 million in 2010); Gunnison County will get $734,000 ($428,000 in 2010); and Mesa County will get $1.67 million ($941,000 in 2010).