[PCA] NEWS: Colorado: Feds list 2 rare West Slope plants as threatened

[Olivia Kwong]

http://summitcountyvoice.com/2011/07/27/colorado-feds-list-2-rare-west-slope-plants-as-threatened/

Colorado: Feds list 2 rare West Slope plants as threatened
Posted on July 27, 2011 by Bob Berwyn
Tiny wildflowers threatened by oil and gas drilling, development and 
off-road recreation may get 45,000 acres of protected area under proposed 
critical habitat designation

By Summit Voice

SUMMIT COUNTY -- After 31 years on a waiting list, a rare plant that grows 
only near DeBeque, Colorado finally will be protected under the Endangered 
Species Act, along with another rare Roan Plateau species vulnerable to 
impacts from oil and gas drilling, as well as off-road recreation.

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