Tag: Aurora Reservoir
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Plan to drill, frack under Aurora Reservoir postponed
Following five days of public comment and deliberation, the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission voted to postpone indefinitely the next well pad application in the Lowry Ranch oil and gas plan. The vote to “stay” — or indefinitely postpone until a condition is met — passed 4-1 this week, suspending the application until Civitas’…
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Regulators postpone closing statements, decision in oil drilling proposal near Aurora Reservoir
After two full days of hearings, the Energy and Carbon Management Commission on Friday delayed closing arguments and a decision on the Lowry Ranch CAP until next week. The hearing, on whether to move forward with an oil and gas comprehensive area plan near the Aurora Reservoir, began Tuesday morning and lasted about nine hours,…
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Aurora Reservoir fracking proposal heads to commission hearing
The contentious Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan (CAP), a proposal for oil and gas drilling near the Aurora Reservoir, will go to two public hearings in front of the state’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission on Tuesday and Friday. The hearings will be livestreamed on Zoom starting at 9 a.m. both days. Talk about the proposed…
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Colorado’s Jason Crow seeks EPA intervention in proposed and gas drilling proposal in Aurora
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow effectively wants federal regulators to intervene in the proposal to operate oil and gas wells near the Aurora Reservoir, citing its proximity to a Superfund site. Crow has been pushing the EPA since last year to interject in the matter. In a letter on July 15, Crow asked the EPA if…
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Aurora Reservoir extends hours starting Saturday after month of shortened hours
After several weekends of temporarily shortened hours, the Aurora Reservoir is expanding its hours again starting Saturday. After about one month of shortened hours, the reservoir at 5800 Powhaton Road will be open from 5 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The temporary ban on alcohol at the reservoir, which went into place at the same time…
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Aurora Reservoir swim beach open for Fourth of July
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EDITOR’S NOTE: The swim beach was re-opened Thursday morning, according to The Aurora Reservoir website. The swim beach at Aurora Reservoir closed Wednesday due to elevated bacteria levels. The City of Aurora announced the closure Wednesday morning, a day before the Independence Day holiday. While…
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Alcohol ban, limited hours at Aurora Reservoir to remain in effect
Aurora officials will continue to enforce the alcohol ban at Aurora Reservoir and operate on new, earlier-closing hours after the temporary change of rules has helped make recreating more enjoyable, according to Parks and Recreation officials. Earlier in June, city officials announced they were changing how and when people can recreate at Aurora Reservoir at…
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Fight over fracking near Aurora Reservoir erupts
Shortly after moving into her new home near the Aurora Reservoir, Marsha Goldsmith Kamin took a walk with her husband around the neighborhood and saw a sign that said, “Save the Aurora Reservoir.” “I looked at my husband and I looked out at the reservoir and I said, ‘What’s the matter with it? What are…
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Aurora Reservoir hours limited; alcohol banned
An alcohol ban and new hours are coming to the Aurora Reservoir starting Saturday.
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Colorado is a leading state for scuba diving. Seriously
AURORA • The background is fit for Colorado: Longs Peaks and other snowy mountains of the Front Range skyline. The foreground, however, seems fit for a place far, far away. Lindsay Beebe’s kids are among the dozen people slipping into wetsuits, stepping into fins and strapping on goggles and oxygen tanks. Scuba diving in Colorado?…