Federal Government Bans New Drilling, Mining Operations in Colorado’s Thompson Divide

Published on April 4, 2024

The federal government has announced it will bar new drilling and mining operations from the Thompson Divide along Colorado’s Western Slope, an area known for its environmental features like mountaintops, foothills, grazing lands, and wildlife. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said in a statement she has signed Public Land Order 7939, in which the Biden administration has withdrawn approximately 221,898 acres from mining, mineral, and geothermal leasing laws for 20 years, subject to existing permissions. Specifically, 197,745 acres are in the White River, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests (GMUG), along with over 15,465 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed public lands and 8,689 acres of reserved federal mineral interest under non-federal land....

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