As part of the process for both state and county approval of every well-pad application, the public is given an opportunity to provide comment. Any application open for comment will be updated here.

Here are some points to consider including:
The air quality in the Denver metro area is already classified as “noncompliant” per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Large-scale fracking fields like the one proposed at Lowry Ranch will only make this worse.

As our dry season arrives, it’s almost impossible to ignore the vital importance of water. There are laws restricting how much water we can use to maintain our lawns… so why should we allow Civitas to use and permanently pollute billions of gallons of fresh water in their operations at Lowry Ranch? 

Multiple peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated the negative health impacts associated with living near fracking operations. Most recently, research from the Colorado School of Public Health found that children living up to 8 miles of upstream oil and natural gas (O&G) areas may be at increased risk for an aggressive form of cancer.

Coloradans have seen the devastating consequences of fast-moving wildfires, including the destruction of nearby homes and communities. Placing hundreds of well sites – major industrial operations – on dry grassland near a densely populated residential area is recklessly dangerous.