Make the North Fork Alternative Plan a reality
Dear Editor:
Twice now the BLM has nominated public lands in the North Fork Valley for auction at oil and gas lease sales, and twice, due to public outcry, they have rescinded those nominations. Clearly some serious discrepancy exists between the BLM's outdated Resource Management Plan (the document by which the BLM evaluates costs and benefits of leasing available resources) and the reality of what the North Fork has become in the time since that Resource Management Plan was completed.
North Fork residents, let your voices be heard
Dear Editor:
The BLM is getting ready to release a draft proposal for a new Resource Management Plan for our area that will govern how public lands are used for the next 15 to 25 years. The BLM made a presentation in Denver this February about its preferred alternative in the new Resource Management Plan.
Support the North Fork Alternative Plan
Dear Editor:
The United States is on the cusp of an oil and gas boom. New discoveries and advanced extraction technology may have placed the holy grail of energy independence within reach.
Your vote is critical to ensure a strong DMEA board
Dear Editor:
It is that time of year again when members of DMEA are being asked to elect directors who will chart the course of their local electric utility for years to come. Having had the opportunity to serve on the board this past six years, as I cycle off, I would like to thank the membership for a very gratifying experience.
Student privacy threatened
Dear Editor:
I would like to offer this open letter for parents in Delta County concerning the new state standards called Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and ask that they do their own homework on this very important agenda that will not only affect their rights as parents but will track and take away a students' individuality.
Indiana, Alabama, Utah, and nearly a dozen other states are now educating themselves and their state legislatures about the centralized-education of CCSS, whether it's under the name of Common Core or any other name.
Good people can make bad decisions
Dear Editor:
I am writing in regard to the articles about Kent Calhoun. While the Delta County Independent did a pretty good job of just sticking to the details of the story, I feel that the Daily Sentinel tried its best to try to portray Kent as a bad guy.
Stress respect for life and violence will be reduced
Dear Editor:
I am not surprised that Lois Todd is "confused" about recent incidents involving firearms reported in the past few weeks (letters to the editor, April 3). Firearms are the only common denominator in these incidents and relating them to each other is like saying all restaurants serve food and some of it may be bad for you.
Stricter gun laws don’t get to the root of the problem
Dear Editor:
I've been reading about the gun control issue for months now and can't understand why anybody, for or against stricter gun laws, would think that new laws will make a difference. We have to do more than apply this Band-aid approach and get to the root of the problem.
Support sought for the North Fork Alternative Plan
Dear Editor:
Since last summer, I have been working with a group of stakeholders representing business, ranching, agriculture, wineries, the Western Slope Conservation Center and Citizens for a Healthy Community to develop a proposal to protect the North Fork Valley's important resources from the risks of oil and gas development on public lands. The result of that work is the North Fork Alternative Plan, which will be submitted to the local Bureau of Land Management office for consideration as it works to update its decades-old land-use plan for the region.
Incidents involving guns leave reader confused
Dear Editor:
I am confused. In your March 20 paper you reported a gun was brought to DMS by a student. This gun was apparently "found" by the student.