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BONNIE RAITT TO HOST BENEFIT RECEPTION AUGUST 26 TO SUPPORT ANTI-FRACKING ORGANIZATIONS IN COLORADO
Amphitheater in Morrison, CO on Sunday August 26th. Bonnie will host a special benefit reception following the show in support of regional organizations that are working to protect Colorado from the threats of hydraulic fracturing to extract gas and oil. The organizations include Citizens for Huerfano County (CHC) and the GrassRoots EnErgy activist Network (GREEN).
Bonnie Raitt is touring again in 2012 after a two year respite and premiering her new
album Slipstream which was released this spring. She has an amazing 58 other
recordings. She is a nine-time Grammy winner and inductee into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. She is well known, long time social change activist and is a founding member of The Blues Foundation and Musicians United for safe Energy among others. Visit http://www.bonnieraitt.com/ for more information on her tour dates, benefit history, discography and more.
Citizens for Huerfano County (http://www.huerfanofrack.org/), a CO non-profit, was one of the first grassroots groups to organize in response to the new oil and gas boom in Colorado, when, in June 2011, citizens became aware of a potentially massive (150,000 acres leased), oil and gas drilling/fracking play that could destroy the health of their communities, ecosystems, and unique cultural and historic values. CHC’s work has included: a legal battle requiring the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) enforce its own rules and claiming the people’s right to hearings in oil and gas matters that impact them, pressing for strengthening local and state oil and gas regulations, ongoing research, outreach and education, responding to new drilling applications, and helping communities prepare for and defend against oil and gas drilling impacts through initiatives such as well-adjudication and county-wide baseline water testing.
The GrassRoots EnErgy activist Network (GREEN), a project of the Renewable
Communities Alliance (http://www.renewablecommunities.org/), provides strategic legal,policy and media support to a growing number of communities impacted by oil and gas drilling/fracking in Colorado. GREEN has worked with grassroots groups across the state including Erie Rising, Longmont ROAR, Commerce City/Adams County United NOW, Elbert County Oil and Gas Interest Group (ECOGIG), WTFrack!?, Routt County Frack, Colorado Springs/El Paso County, Denver and Boulder Community Rights groups and others fighting to protect communities or even ban the dangerous practice of hydraulic fracturing in CO.
The Guacamole fund has worked with Bonnie and other members of the musicians’
community for over 35 years for peace with justice, the environment and a non nuclear future. More information is available at http://www.musiciansunited4safeenergy.org/,
http://www.nukefree.org/ and http://www.guacfund.org/
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CHC Fabulous Benefit Concert this Sunday
Come be marvelously entertained, get updated, and support CHC in protecting our county !
See you there!
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Joint Public Hearing - On Shell Water Plans - August 7
A joint public hearing will be held by the Board of County Commissioners and the Planning Commission of Huerfano County, at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at the Huerfano County Community Center, located at 928 Russell Ave, Walsenburg, Colorado.
The purpose of this meeting is to take public comment on the following HB-1041 applications submitted by Shell Exploration & Production Company:
- No: 12-015, this application is for the construction of an earthen storage pond to be located on 15 acres of the Thorne Ranch in Section 3 & 4 of Township 27 South, Range 68 West of the 6th P.M.
- No: 12-016 this application for the temporary change of decreed water usage from Agricultural to Industrial, and to dry up 15 acres of irrigated land located where the said earthen storage pond will be constructed.
Inquires will be answered at the following telephone number (719) 738-1220 extension one.
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Community Meeting on Shell Wells Monday 6/18 6:30 PM - Wildflower Cafe, Gardner
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CHC Fundraiser Tribute Concert and Wine Auction - La Plaza Inn 4/13
Come one, come all !!! There will be a Joni Mitchell Tribute concert, wine tasting, and wine auction on Friday, April 13th at 7pm at the La Plaza Inn, 118 West 6th Street, Walsenburg, CO.
Multiple local musicians will be covering Joni Mitchell songs, and we'll all enjoy wonderful wine and appetizers. Select wines will be auctioned.
This event is a fundraiser for Citizens for Huerfano County. Admission at the door, which includes hors d'oeuvres, wine tasting and music is $30.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at Charlies Market, Whitmore
Gallery, Next Door Deli, 38 Special Liquor Store, La Plaza Inn, or at
the door.
This will be a wonderful evening, dedicated to helping CHC promote the health and well being of all of the citizens of Huerfano.
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Gardner Well Adjudication Workshop - Feb 11
CHC
is sponsoring a workshop Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the Gardner
Community Center on well adjudication. We would like all Huerfanos who
have water wells to come to this workshop to learn the pros and cons of
well adjudication. We will also go over how to fill out the adjudication
application form.
Here are the main points:
1. You
may have a well permit, a well completion report, and/or a well
construction and test report -- but if you do not get your well adjudicated, you have NO LEGAL STANDING in Water Court . This
gives you a stronger standing to: (A) protest changes of use by other
water rights owners that would affect your well or (B) protest new
adjudications and changes in ownership of existing water rights holders,
(C) protest reductions in your water quantity that you believe may be
caused by the actions of other water rights owners.
2. An exempt well permit is issued by the State Engineer; a well adjudication is issued by Water Court Decree. Per
the Division 2 Water Clerk in Pueblo, exempt wells will remain exempt
from administration even after a decree has been issued.
3. Adjudication
DOES NOT require augmentation! As long as your well pump is stated at
or below 15 gallons per minute (gpm) you do Not have to file an
augmentation plan.
4. It
easy to file an adjudication form and right now application fees are
temporarily reduced from $250 to $182. The completed forms can be taken
to Pueblo’s Division 2 Water Court (Pueblo Co. Judicial Building, 320 West 10th Street, Pueblo CO 81003,Phone: 719-583-7048) to get the paper work stamped.
Adjudication application forms will be available at the Feb. 11 workshop at the Gardner Community Center.
Bring to the workshop –
a. Your well permit,
b. well completion report and/or
c. well construction and test report.
If you do not
have these, you will need to go online and find your well on the USGS
hydrologic survey map and/or DWR well register site http://www.dwr.state.co.us/WellPermitSearch/default.aspx and http://water.usgs.gov/maps.html).
WHERE: Gardner Community Center
WHEN: February 11, 2012, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
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Well Adjudication Workshop
1. You may have a well permit, a well completion report, and/or a well construction and test report -- but if you do not get your well adjudicated, you have NO LEGAL STANDING in Water Court to (A) protest changes of use by other water rights owners that would affect your well or (B) protest new adjudications and changes in ownership of existing water rights holders, (C) protest reductions in your water quantity that you believe may be caused by the actions of other water rights owners.
2. Adjudication DOES NOT require augmentation! As long as your well pump is stated at or below 15 gallons per minute (gpm) you do Not have to file an augmentation plan.
3. It easy to file an adjudication form and right now application fees are temporarily reduced from $250 to $182. The completed forms can be taken to Pueblo’s Division 2 Water Court (Pueblo Co. Judicial Building, 320 West 10th Street, Pueblo CO 81003,Phone: 719-583-7048) to get the paper work stamped.
4. Adjudication application forms will be available at the Feb. 4 workshop at the La Veta Community Center.
Bring to the workshop –
a. Your well permit,
b. well completion report and/or
c. well construction and test report.
If you do not have these, you will need to go online and find your well on the USGS hydrologic survey map and/or DWR well register site http://www.dwr.state.co.us/WellPermitSearch/default.aspx and http://water.usgs.gov/maps.html).
WHERE: La Veta Community Center
WHEN: February 4, 2012 , 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
EMAIL: citizensforhuerfanocounty@gmail.com for more info
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Citizens for Huerfano County Member Meeting and Workshop
La Veta Community Center
Saturday Nov. 12th, 10:30am
It’s been six months since SWEPI filed for a permit to drill its first exploratory well near La Veta. Citizens for Huerfano County (CHC) is working hard to protect our health, safety and environment from the effects of oil and gas development in Huerfano County. We can succeed if everyone who is concerned steps up. Please join us for a meeting where we will provide an informational update (and food!) and many options for what you can do to help.
Meeting Saturday, November 12th at the La Veta Community Center. Starting at 10:30am with Informational Update and Q&A, followed by a Pot Luck Lunch at noon (bring something if you can!), and then optional Project/Committee Workshops until up to 3pm.
For more information, call Keli Kringel 742-5538, Sandy Borthick 742-5702, or Jeff Briggs 746-0155.
Email: citizensforhuerfanocounty@gmail.com
www.huerfaNOfrack.com
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SUPPORT EPA's EFFORTS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY
Attend the rally, hearing and submit written comments (details below).
Public Comment on the EPA Proposed Air Pollution Rule _____________________________________________________________________
The Oil and Gas industry has been exempt from EPA regulations that normally protect our air and water as well as our health, such as the Clean Air Act and the Safe Water Drinking Act, since 2005. This exemption, called the "Halliburton Loophole," is allowing highly toxic chemicals into our air, water and land and causing serious health impacts all over Colorado. The Halliburton Loophole urgently needs to be closed!
DEADLINE: Oct. 24, 2011
All comments should be referenced to:
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505:
To submit online comments:
Go to Federal eRulemaking Portal and follow the instructions:
E-mail: A-and-R-Docket@epamail.epa.gov
Fax: (202) 566-9744
Snail Mail:
Attention Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0505
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20460
Please include TWO copies plus mail a copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
Attn: Desk Officer for the EPA
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 20503
More information:
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Adams State College/Community Partnerships presents:
"A Winning Proposition or A Risk We Can’t Afford to Take?"
Talk Straight to Adams State
October 15, 2011 noon - 4 pm
ASC Theater
Starting at 10 am, Emmo Lütringer on Facebook)
Then at 1 pm, join in on a community discussion hosted by ASC Community Partnerships: "Talk Straight to Adams State" - “Oil and Gas Drilling: A Winning Proposition or A Risk We Can’t Afford to Take?” Key note speakers include Lance Astrella, Travis Yee, and Gilbert Armenta will start at 1pm with a panel discussion.
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SAVE THE DATE: November 4-5, 2011
Friday November 4: 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Saturday November 5: 9 am – 5 pm
Come early and stay late to enjoy meals at the Como Depot.
DEMOCRACY SCHOOL – What is it?
* Protecting community rights.
* Standing up for public health and the health and integrity of our ecosystems.
* Refocusing energy independence on honest care of land, water, and air for future generations.
* Saying NO to fracking and industrialization of South Park.
* Recognizing our intrinsic rights as more essential than corporate economics.
Isn’t it worth part of your weekend to learn how towns and counties
enforce a “NO FRACKING” law
when that is what the community really wants?
Registration Fee: $125 – includes snacks, soft drinks, Saturday lunch
Lodging options: Como Depot 719-836-2594 or Fairplay Hotel 719-836-4699
Deadline for receipt of payment: Tuesday October 18, 2011 at the following address:
Practical Fractals
1663 Steele St #901
Denver, CO 80206
A limited number of partial scholarships may be available, depending on donations. To make a donation, write a separate check payable to CELDF and include with your separate registration check for $125 made payable to Practical Fractals and mail both checks to Practical Fractals at address shown above. CELDF will send donor’s receipt.
