NW Colorado • Entered by Diane Miller on September 2, 2023
Letter to Routt County Planning Commission
July 9, 2023
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 4 |
| Participants | 3 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
Key Issue: Oil, Gas, or Mineral Development
Activity Type: Advocacy (rallies, lobbying, meeting decision makers, letters/calls/emails)
Key Partners: Western Colorado Alliance, Sierra Club Trappers Lake Group
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Advocacy actions (1 letters/postcards)
Short Description of Activity
Our group of 3 submitted a letter to the Routt County planning department outlining our requests for reforms to oil and gas regulations. We met with Matt Sura to discuss these suggested regulations before submitting.
Reflection/Evaluation
Unknown. Goal is to get planners to adopt stricture oil and gas regulations. We are expecting draft regulations in September.
We ended up submitting from/through Western Colorado Alliance thinking the organizational name would carry some weight. Without our consent/knowledge a WCA representative from another county signed the letter which we already know was not well-received We’ve made 2 follow up phone calls and when the draft regs are released we will follow up with community support to either further tighten regs or endorse them as they are written. I can send a copy of the letter as written if national office would like it.