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U.S. Forest Service Withdraws Oil and Gas Drilling Approval in the Gunnison National Forest, Headwaters of the North Fork Valley

Conservationists settle lawsuit after the government agrees to conduct a comprehensive environmental analysis of the drilling project

Gunnison County, CO—(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2015. Conservationists have settled a lawsuit that challenged the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a new natural gas drilling project in Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest without conducting the legally required analysis of environmental impacts. Following the conservation groups’ opening brief in the case, the Forest Service agreed to withdraw approval of the project.

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