Dozens of methane wells would go into roadless areas; pristine canyons, low-elevation forests at risk

A proposed natural gas drilling project near Durango, Colorado, will bulldoze roadless forest, destroy old-growth forest and worsen smog in southwest Colorado near Mesa Verde National Park. The project proposes almost 200 new coalbed methane wells, including approximately 30 wells and 8 to 9 miles of new roads inside the currently undeveloped HD Mountains roadless…

Dozens of methane wells would go into roadless areas