Colorado local and state officials have asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to help settle years of litigation over oil and gas drilling on the Roan Plateau.
Those officials include Gov. John Hickenlooper, both of Colorado's Democractic U.S. senators and Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, who represents the Western Slope.
The plateau, which soars thousands of feet above the valley floor near Rifle in western Colorado, is prized for its scenic vistas and wildlife habitat — and also for the estimated…
Colorado local and state officials have asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to help settle years of litigation over oil and gas drilling on the Roan Plateau.
Those officials include Gov. John Hickenlooper, both of Colorado's Democractic U.S. senators and Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, who represents the Western Slope.
The plateau, which soars thousands of feet above the valley floor near Rifle in western Colorado, is prized for its scenic vistas and wildlife habitat — and also for the estimated…