Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development

Who We Are

Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development is a coalition of more than 500 businesses, organizations and individuals dedicated to conserving irreplaceable habitats so future generations can hunt and fish on America's public lands. The coalition is led by the National Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.

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Colorado sportsmen to oil/gas industry: 'protect fish, wildlife habitat'

GRAND JUNCTION — Ivan James is a bow hunter who happens to own stock in Exxon-Mobil Corporation.

Exxon-Mobil’s profit was $40.6 billion last year, so James in not concerned if he makes a few cents less on his stock this year, he said. He’s more concerned that the oil and gas industry invest in measures to preserve wildlife habitat.

“I’d like to see where we recreate, hunt and fish, our beautiful scenery, preserved,” said James, who lives in Genesee, Colo. Read more.

State's ongoing lease auctions reignite fight over Front land

By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press

The decades-long fight over Montana's Rocky Mountain Front is heating up again. Wildlife officials and private conservation groups are seeking to stop the leasing of state-owned land in the area for oil and gas development.

It has been 18 months since drilling opponents declared victory on the picturesque, wildlife-rich Front. In December 2006, Congress approved a permanent ban on oil and gas extraction from federal land in the region. Read more.

Hello energy development and goodbye to the Rio Grande

(May 31,2008) The Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Estes Park. Certain natural landmarks in this state have an iconic quality, their names emblematic of what it means to live in and experience Colorado.

Consider the Rio Grande. It's the country's second-longest river, flowing almost 2,000 miles from its Colorado headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico. It's the subject of books, songs, dreams. It provides water for agricultural and municipal uses, habitat for wild and native cutthroat trout, watery escapes for anglers across the country. Read more.

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Colorado sportsmen to oil/gas industry: 'protect fish, wildlife habitat'

State's ongoing lease auctions reignite fight over Front land

Hello energy development and goodbye to the Rio Grande

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