Thompson Creek
October 4, 2008--Natural gas drilling looms in Thompson Creek area (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
Natural gas leases have been sold on much of the western tip of Pitkin County, southwest of Carbondale, from Coal Basin near Redstone, extending northward into Garfield County to Sunlight Mountain Resort.
July 24, 2008--Over 42,000 acres in WRNF might be opened for drilling (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
An environmental watchdog claims that a cagey maneuver in the waning days of the Bush administration could open 87,147 acres of national forest in Colorado, including 13,663 acres near Carbondale, to oil and gas exploration.
