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Saturday, October 14, 2006
 

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The Cherry Creek News: "U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard's (R-Colo.) legislation to establish the Rio Grande National Area in southern Colorado became law last night when President Bush signed the bill. 'This final step is a huge victory for the citizens of the San Luis Valley,' said Allard. 'The Rio Grande Natural Area Act designates a pristine area around the Rio Grande River stretching from Alamosa into New Mexico. With Colorado's ongoing drought, passage of this bill is more important than ever because it will safeguard our state's water rights and protect one of the most scenic natural areas in our state.'

"The Natural Area would consist of pristine land encompassing a quarter of a mile on each side of the Rio Grande River extending from the southern boundary of the Alamosa National Wildlife refuge to the New Mexico state line. In addition, the act would prevent a federal water right from being imposed on the protected area."


11:18:13 AM    

The Rocky Mountain News is running a report from their Q&A session with Bill Ritter and U.S. Representative Bob Beauprez. They start out with, "Colorado's gubernatorial candidates - Republican Bob Beauprez and Democrat Bill Ritter - both say, if elected, their administrations would be mindful of the impact of oil and gas drilling on Colorado's land, wildlife, air and water quality, as the state rides the energy boom. But their approaches appear very different. For example, Beauprez would not change the severance tax rate while Ritter would consider increasing it. Oil and gas companies pay severance tax on their production. On the issue of split-estate - in which a property's surface rights and mineral rights are owned by different parties - Ritter would change the process of negotiations while Beauprez believes the system works well. Through the end of July, Beauprez received $9,500 from 29 individuals who work for oil and gas companies, compared with Ritter's $4,550 from 10 donors."

Read the whole article for some good detail.

Category: Denver November 2006 Election


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