The county commissioners have endorsed the BLM's preferred alternative, with modifications, for the planned August North Fork gas lease sale.

The county, in its first round of comments on the proposed August North Fork gas lease sale, acknowledged the view of drilling opponents and recommended the BLM consider a blanket deferral of all 22 parcels until BLM completes a new master resource management plan (RMP) for the Uncompahgre Field Office.

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