Longtime Vail Valley resident Ogilby spearheading effort to save Thompson Divide from gas drilling
The Thompson Divide Coalition last week sent a letter to six companies that own undeveloped natural gas leases, offering to reimburse any direct investments to date, which it estimated at $2.5 million.
"We believe this is a reasonable proposition," Thompson Divide Coalition President Chuck Ogilby said in a prepared statement Wednesday. "It acknowledges the investments these companies have made, and gives them a way to support an initiative that has broad community support."
Ogilby is a longtime Vail Valley resident who co-owns the Shrine Mountain Inn atop Vail Pass and the Hell Roaring Ranch south of Carbondale.
The disbursement of funds in the Thompson Divide deal would be contingent on Congress passing legislation that would prevent energy development in Thompson Divide, made up of White River and Gunnison National Forests.
Companies with a stake in the area currently include SG Interests, Encana Oil & Gas, Willsource Enterprises LLC & Partners, Falcon Seaboard Oil & Gas LLC, Gunnison Energy Corp. and Antero Resources.
An Encana spokesperson said the company is reviewing the letter.
Representatives from the other companies could not be reached.
The Thompson Divide Coalition is composed of ranchers, environmentalists, local governments and other local residents. The group said it hopes its good-faith resolution puts the question of whether to drill in the area to rest.
"We've said all along that we want to protect these lands in a way that compensates the leaseholders for their investments," Ogilby said.
Last fall, U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar calling for “robust and meaningful” stakeholder input before the Bureau of Land Management decides whether to let oil companies bundle federal lands where it holds leases that are set to expire in 2013 into a specially designated unit.
Environmentalists and other interested parties have been calling for U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., to help broker a deal with the energy companies in Thompson Divide, where there is a vigorous anti-drilling sentiment. Oil and gas companies are major donors to Tipton's re-election campaign.
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