Resource management in Piceance Basin, Northwest Colorado
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1976
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Subjects: Land use; Conservation of natural resources; Public lands; Management; United States. Bureau of Land Management. White River Resource Area; United States
Description: "The northwest region of Colorado and, within the heart of it, the Piceance basin, is presently experiencing a rapid industrial expansion due to energy minerals development.  The greatest impetus stems from coal and oil shale.  As the pace quickens, problems associated with rapid development in a sparsely populated area are becoming more obvious and more critical.  The situation is complicated by the fact that other resources equally as important are being developed in the same area simultaneously.  In the Piceance Basin, where development of oil shale shows potential as a new energy source, grazing lands are giving way to development, livestock, wild horses and burros,  and wildlife will be displaced, only to impact the environment elsewhere."--Page [1].
Notes: "May 1976"--Cover.

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