At Dogland – aka River Park – Tuesday morning I met Dan and James Pattangall of Pattangall Property Services. They are in the process of making a proposal to the town of Silt to clean up the park of dead and down trees, and brush piles. This will help reduce fire danger and make the […]
February 20, 2013
Okay, here’s a re-cap. Last week well flares popped up all over Silt Mesa and in Peach Valley. By the end of the week we were all like, WTF? I posted photos of the flaring on the Pretti (Fenno A) pad on February 15, and the next day (2/16) Ursa VP Don Simpson told us […]
February 16, 2013
In case you missed it, RSPN’s Fiona Lloyd and I had a discussion in the comments sections at Ursa community meetings in March. The discussion continued via email. Here’s the latest update. According to Ursa’s VP Don Simpson, “The referred Pretti pad is the Fenno Ranch A pad, which is anticipated to have flaring operations […]
February 15, 2013
This past week there have been well flares at the Diemoz pad and the Pretti pad on Silt Mesa. A friend who lives in Peach Valley sent this photo taken from her deck late this morning. The flare burned all night and into the late morning. The flame is so big we can see it […]
January 21, 2013
Silt man convicted of having ‘too much junk’ on his property Given two weeks to clean it up, calls deadline ‘impossible’ Really? Who knew there’s such a thing as “too much junk” in Silt? I don’t know Mark Anderson. Never met him. But I know his house and property. I drive by it every day. […]
November 28, 2012
** UPDATE ** Downtown Silt – November 29, 2012 The signs are gone — power to the people! Usually I don’t sweat the small stuff – like when a gas worker in his 3/4-ton pickup nudges me off the road with my 3-year old grandson in the backseat because I have a 2012 Obama magnet […]
November 12, 2012
The Silt Branch Library opened its doors at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 6. This new library is over three times as spacious as the old library and features a large meeting room, two study rooms, unique children’s and teen spaces, a cozy reading area with a fireplace, and a plaza for outdoor reading and […]
August 27, 2012
**Update** Just heard back from Shaun Kellerby (COGCC Rifle Office). The well pad and flare stack belong to Bill Barrett Corp., local oil and gas company. Shaun said he went up there and “Everything looks fine.” He said they probably won’t close it in and they’re “just burning off gases.” It’s the usual crap from […]
August 24, 2012
Correction 8/27/12 — According to COGCC’s Shaun Kellerby the well pad and flare stack belong to Bill Barrett (local oil and gas company), and not Antero as I previously thought. ***UPDATE: Even later that same day … A magnificent hard rain fell for about a half hour around 6 p.m. Talk about an air cleansing. […]
August 5, 2012
This letter to the editor from Mayor Dave appeared in the Sunday paper: Silt mayor seeks economic solution to foreclosures On Aug. 1, I went to the Garfield County foreclosures, Silt section, on the Internet. I was prompted to do so by the front page article in that day’s Post Independent, “Nearly Half of Garfield […]
April 30, 2013
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