June 19, 2013

Acting forest supervisor named

The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests have a new acting deputy forest supervisor on board for the next few months. Bernie Bornong comes to the forests from the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming.

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DCED meeting set for April 12

Delta County Economic Development, Inc. will host its 16th annual meeting on Thursday, April 12, at the Orchard City Town Hall. The event will get underway at 5:30 p.m. with light refreshments and the meeting will be called to order at 6 p.m.

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Spring preview

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Photo by Pat Sunderland
For a change, the weather was ideal for Delta’s annual Home, Garden and Recreation Show March 30-31. Chamber director Linda Sanchez reports the outdoor vendors — as well as those inside Bill Heddles Recreation Center — were pleased with the great weather as well as the level of interest shown by attendees. The number of vendors was down a bit, but attendance stayed strong.

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Delta earns NMPP Energy’s Project of the Year Award

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Delta utilities director Steve Glammeyer (middle) accepts a Project of the Year Award from NMPP Energy executive director Gary Stauffer (left) and NMPP board chair Mike Beachler.
NMPP Energy awarded the City of Delta with a Project of the Year Award for its wastewater effluent diffuser project in the over 5,000 population category at its 37th annual meeting and conference in Hastings, Neb., March 28.

The award is presented annually to honor a project or program by an NMPP Energy member community/utility that creates a more cohesive community, whether it is a project created for the entire community or one that makes it easier for city staff and employees to serve their customers.

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Appeals board upholds Oxbow Elk Creek lease

On March 28 the Interior Board of Land Appeals upheld the Bureau of Land Management's decision to lease coal seams containing 786 acres of federal coal for development in the Elk Creek Mine near Somerset.

The BLM issued a decision record in June of last year to hold a lease sale for the coal in response to an application submitted by Oxbow Mining LLC. The BLM's decision was challenged by WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club.

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