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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County administrators and law enforcement plan to meet with local fire chiefs this week to finalize changes in Red Flag Day no-burn rules.

The Board of County Commissioners on Monday heard first reading of an ordinance which, if adopted, will add days of "high wind advisories" to those when field fires, ditch fires and agricultural burns are not approved.

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