The Crested Butte Land Trust, the High Country Citizens’ Alliance and local property owners in the Trapper’s Crossing subdivision have all filed statements of opposition in the Gunnison District Water  Court over the filing by U.S. Energy of its conditional water rights.

U.S. Energy Corporation has filed its "résumé" of conditional water rights. The company has plans for a major molybdenum mine on Mt. Emmons west of Crested Butte.