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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has officially announced their intention to put all 55,000 acres of the public lands atop of the Roan Plateau on the auction block at their August 14th lease sale.  Now, citizens from across Colorado and the United States have a critical opportunity to put a halt to this irresponsible drilling plan. 

We have until July 30th 2008 to submit a formal protest of this decision, asking that the BLM pull the Roan Plateau parcels from their upcoming lease sale. As citizens of the United States, we have a stake in the economic and environmental impacts of drilling the Roan Plateau and a desire to maintain the Roan's wildlife habitat, rugged landscape and recreational opportunities.

The Citizen Protest argues, among other things, that the BLM failed to:   

- Abide by the recommendations of its own field staff, local municipalities and the State of Colorado.

- Consider alternatives that would protect the Roan's wilderness-quality lands.

- Consider alternatives that would protect high-quality backcountry recreation.

- Properly consider impacts of drilling on the region's declining air quality.

- Properly consider the impacts of drilling on wildlife and senstive species 

The protest respectfully requests that the BLM rescind the decision to lease these lands under the current plan, and that it pulls all the parcels listed above from the August 2008 oil and gas lease sale. Please sign on to the protest! 

(Read the full text of the letter here.)