GLENWOOD SPRINGS – — Several environmental organizations are protesting new applications for gas drilling permits in the Thompson Divide area.
The drilling permits, sought by WillSource Enterprise LLC of Denver, are for gas leases that are either expired or invalid, according to the groups.
The applications are separate from the controversial drilling proposals of S.G. Interests and the Lake Ridge Unit, in another part of Thompson Divide.
Reed Williams, president of WillSource, told the Post Independent that the claim that the leases are not valid isn’t true.
“The BLM doesn’t think so,” said Williams from his office in Denver, “so obviously we would be in disagreement with that.”
Officials from the BLM, however, said on Tuesday that the protesting organizations have made “some very good points” and that the matter is being reviewed.
In a June 8 letter to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Wilderness Workshop and four other organizations objected to the issuance of drilling permits for WillSource, which is seeking permits in what is known as the Willow Creek Unit.
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