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BLM Rio Grande NF oil & gas lease
sale protested
146,500 acres in SLV up for bid & development
County and Town officials across the San Luis
Valley joined ranchers, farmers, water providers, landowners,
sportsmen and conservationists in protesting the Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM) plan to auction off more than
146,500 acres of the Rio Grande National Forest for oil and
gas development on May 8. … read
entire story
Planning commissions finalize County draft oil & gas regulations
In April, the Crestone/Baca and the Saguache
County planning commissions unanimously recommended approval
of draft oil and gas regulations for the Board of County Commissioners
review. Both planning bodies have spent numerous hours meeting
over several months to formulate a set of regulations that
are protective of water resources, the natural environment,
public health and safety, and to maintain property values. … read
entire story
Free Tibet! Thousands protest China at the Olympic Torch Relay in San
Francisco –
Crestonians go there to lend their voices
This
spring, as witnessed by the world, peaceful protests by monastics
and lay people in Tibet have been met with arrests, brutal
imprisonments and death of innocents by the Chinese regime.
As news of courageous acts of civil disobedience by Tibetans
across that vast region emerged, it felt imperative to add
my voice in protest of China’s abysmal human rights
record when the Olympic torch passed through San Francisco
in April. With the Beijing Olympic Games approaching in August,
China finds itself on the world stage.
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entire story
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