Fly-over Stresses Importance of Alternative Oil & Gas Plan | KVNF Public Radio.
The fight to keep negative impacts of gas drilling out of the North Fork Valley got a boost as community members got a glimpse of the area from a higher plane. On Monday The Western Slope Conservation Center and Eco-Flight offered two tours of the North Fork Valley to graphically show the importance of the North Fork Valley Alternative Plan – a proposal created to provide a rallying point for residents concerned about oil and gas extraction on public lands.
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When it was over, consultant and activist Pete Kolbenschlag talked about how an accident can impact more than the immediate area. He noted the recent leak of hydrocarbons in Parachute, Colorado.
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“And when you look from the air at the landscape here,” he continued “and you see how small it is, and how connected it is, it’s hard to imagine how you could stick a highly industrial activity in the middle of all this agricultural land.”
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