U.S. Senator Ken Salazar Member of the Agriculture, Energy and Veterans Affairs Committees 2300 15^th Street, Suite 450 Denver, CO 80202 | 702 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
For Immediate Release January 26, 2006		CONTACT: Cody Wertz – Comm. Director 303-455-7600 Andrew Nannis – Press Secretary 202-224-5852
Sen. Salazar Asks BLM to Suspend Grand Mesa Development Washington, DC – In a letter to the Colorado State Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Senator Ken Salazar requested that BLM postpone leasing parcels of land in Grand Mesa. The Senator’s request stems from concerns brought to his attention by the communities of Grand Junction and Palisade who noted BLM’s proposals fail to protect their drinking water supply. The land was set to be developed for oil and gas drilling. “America’s energy problem did not come about overnight,” Senator Salazar said in his letter. “Neither rushing to lease these parcels…nor disregarding the concerns of local communities would be a prudent path toward solving the nation’s energy problems.” A PDF version of the letter can be read by clicking here. ###