People have an additional month to comment on a federal study aimed at cutting nearly in half the acreage in the White River National Forest readily available for gas leasing.
Forest officials have given the public until Nov. 30 to submit comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement , a 622-page document aimed at directing oil and gas drilling on the forest for the next 15 to 20 years.
The DEIS, which was started more than two years ago, updates a 1993 decision governing oil and gas drilling on the 2.3-million-acre forest, which touches on eight counties in western Colorado.
“I wanted to keep it very open,” said WRNF Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams, speaking of the agency’s process in formulating a “proposed action” alternative in the DEIS.
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