Craig Daily Press
June 30, 2010, Brian Smith

The Bureau of Land Management has taken a step closer to deciding the fate of energy development in Vermillion Basin. The BLM announced Tuesday its proposed resource management plan for the Little Snake Field Office would close the 77,000-acre basin, located in western Moffat County, to energy development. If approved, the plan would continue to restrict oil and gas industry leasing in the basin for the next 20 years, said Dave Blackstun, acting BLM Little Snake Field Office manager. Leasing has not been allowed in the area for the past 15 years, he said. ...

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