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Biden administration bars drilling in Colorado’s Thompson Divide landscape

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation protecting the Thompson Divide area in central Colorado, covering more than 221,000 acres for 20 years.
The protection includes withdrawing forest lands from public disposition and mineral leasing laws, preserving wildlife habitat and clean water.
The move reflects grassroots support, bipartisan efforts, and extensive stakeholder engagement, with the withdrawal lasting for 20 years, subject to renewal.

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Aspen Times

Thompson Divide mineral withdrawal approved by Dept. of the Interior

A massive swath of land in western Colorado will be closed to new oil and gas leasing and new mining for 20 years after the U.S. Department of the Interior approved a mineral withdrawal in the Thompson Divide and Mt. Emmons. About 221,898 acres of land will be protected from new activity, but valid, existing leases will not be affected by the decision. The Thompson Divide covers mostly public land across multiple counties and municipalities, in…

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The Epoch Times

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

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Interior Deb Haaland said in a statement she has signed Public Land Order 7939, in which the Biden administration has withdrawn approximately 221,898 acres from mining, mineral, and …

1 year ago·New York, United States

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UPI

Biden administration signs proclamation to protect Colorado's Thompson Divide

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Wednesday establishing Colorado's Camp Hale, the Continental Divide National Monument, covering more than 221,000 acres for 20 years.

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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The Hill

Biden administration bars drilling in Colorado’s Thompson Divide landscape

The Biden administration on Wednesday barred drilling and mining in a Colorado landscape known as the Thompson Divide, an area of mountaintops, foothills and valleys in the center of the state. The administration said that it would bar drilling and mining in 221,898 acres of the divide’s lands for 20 years, as part of an…

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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