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.

SPECIAL REPORT: Hunting & Fishing Imperiled Learn how irreponsible oil and gas drilling threatens 10 irreplaceable fish and wildlife habitats on America's most cherished public lands.

Sportsmen form new group to address energy development

JACKSON, Wyo. (April 17, 2008) The organizers of a new sportsmen group say it's time for hunters and anglers to get more aggressive about protecting fishing waters and big-game habitat from energy development across the Western states. Read more.

Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission releases draft of gas rules

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado (April 1, 2008) — New draft rules for energy development in Colorado call for more environmental and water protections, while also abandoning a proposed permitting process that drew the ire of the oil and gas industry.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) on Monday released a set of proposed regulations that include restricting drilling in critical wildlife areas, primarily in Western Colorado, for specified periods of up to 90 days and prohibiting the construction of oil and gas facilities within 500 feet of “sources of drinking water” for a distance of five miles upstream of a “public water supply intake.” Read more.

Denver Post: Reverse bad call on Roan Plateau

The Bush administration's rejection of Gov. Bill Ritter's compromise plan to develop gas reserves on the Roan Plateau risks turning one of the most priceless parts of Colorado into a national sacrifice zone.

Congress should reverse Thursday's ill-considered announcement by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and write the environmental safeguards sought by Ritter into law. Read more.

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Sportsmen form new group to address energy development

Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission releases draft of gas rules

Denver Post: Reverse bad call on Roan Plateau

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