Thread by @wildearthguard

Guardians and allies @WesternLaw, @HCCACB, @CenterForBioDiv, Citizens for a Healthy Community, @WildAdvocate and @SierraClub secure agreement that prevents new oil and gas leasing across 2.2 million acres of southwestern Colorado!

[1 of 5]

See 🧵 👇 for details!

@westernlaw @HCCACB @CenterForBioDiv @wildadvocate @SierraClub The agreement requires @BLMNational to supplement its environmental analysis and to produce an amended plan that analyzes potential harms to the #climate from #fossilfuel extraction in the area, and that considers alternatives to reduce oil and gas leasing.

[2 of 5]

@westernlaw @HCCACB @CenterForBioDiv @wildadvocate @SierraClub @BLMNational Furthermore, @BLMNational must also complete plans that conserve the critically imperiled Gunnison sage grouse and that promote conservation of big game corridors on 20+ million acres of #publiclands in Colorado.

wildearthguardians.org/press-releases…

[3 of 5]

@westernlaw @HCCACB @CenterForBioDiv @wildadvocate @SierraClub @BLMNational Speaking of the ruling, Citizens for a Healthy Community executive director Natasha Léger said, “The North Fork Valley has been fighting for over a decade to prevent leasing of public lands to oil and gas development around our homes, farms and in our watersheds...”

[4 of 5]

@westernlaw @HCCACB @CenterForBioDiv @wildadvocate @SierraClub @BLMNational Adding that, “We have seen some of the most extreme warming in the country, and our rare and irreplaceable ecosystem is under increasing climate and ecological stress."

#KeepItInTheGround

[5 of 5]