Susan,

 

Please find comments from Mary and Clay Boland below.

 

David Francomb

White River National Forest

Deputy District Ranger 

Aspen-Sopris Ranger District

970.963.2266 ext. 3136

Cell: 970.274.0889

 <mailto:dfrancomb@fs.fed.us> dfrancomb@fs.fed.us

 

From: marypboland@sopris.net [mailto:marypboland@sopris.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:30 AM
To: Francomb, David A -FS
Subject: oil and gas leasing

 

I have tried to send my comments to the email address on the card WRNF sent us; I tried twice and both times the email was returned as undeliverable.  What's going on?  Here are my comments below; can you forward them successfully to where they need to go?  

 

 

 


 Considering the horror stories that have already emerged from many parts of the country such as Washington County, Pennsylvania,  I consider it highly irresponsible to issue any more leases for fracking gas.  The horror stories include truly life-destroying chemical contamination of the air, water and soil.  The White River Forest is a crucial watershed in a dry state and also a  prime recreation area supporting Western Colorado's best industry, namely outdoor recreation.

 

Furthermore, while burning natural gas is cleaner and seemingly good for our climate change problems, the fact is that everything that happens before the burning, namely the whole fracking process, involves so much energy use that is actually as dirty a fuel in terms of climate change as any other.

 

AND we simply do not have the water in western Colorado to support a fracking industry.

 

Mary and Clay Boland, 288 Cabin Drive, Carbondale, Colorado              9709631820


 

 





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