RANGELY | The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on a preliminary environmental assessment of a proposal to re-route a section of East Douglas Creek on BLM-managed lands about 25 miles south of Rangely.
Rio Blanco County is proposing to re-channel the creek to direct flows away from an eroding cut-bank that is encroaching on County Road 27 and has already exposed buried natural gas pipelines.
“Approximately 40 feet of streambank has eroded…
