With the present shortage of crude oil, industry is bidding hundreds of millions of dollars on leases to tap shale oil on public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.


EPA man says U.S. caught in wrenching change

John Quarles Jr. of the Environmental Protection Agency shocked his audience when he said: “The simple truth is that we are running out. Running out of pure air. Out of pure water. Out of virgin timber … But most of all, we are running out of time.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

Oil shale fever rises in West

With the present shortage of crude oil, industry is bidding hundreds of millions of dollars on leases to tap shale oil on public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E

The Colorado Open Space Council

The Colorado Open Space Council is taking political organizing seriously after Colorado environmentalists were overrun by Denver Water Board’s plan to divert water from the state’s Western slope in order to feed Denver’s growth. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/6.2/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E