Colorado looks at potential drilling at state park
DENVER — The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is preparing for potential drilling at a state park and state wildlife area.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife owns mineral rights on 439 acres of St. Vrain Park, which sits on the highly productive Wattenberg oil field, in Longmont.
On Thursday, commissioners could authorize agency director Rick Cables to negotiate a surface rights agreement to allow for energy development from a 10-acre well pad in a rural section of the park, with stipulations to protect the environment and visitors' experience. Any drilling likely wouldn't occur until 2013.
Commissioners also will be asked Thursday to approve stipulations for DeJour Energy to develop three well pads on the Garfield Creek State Wildlife Area. DeJour leased mineral rights there from the federal government.
