Facts & Resources
- Air, Water, Food & Health
- Laws & Regulations
- Economic Impact
- Climate Impact
- Oil & Gas Industry
- Geologic Hazards
- Maps
CHC Air Quality Testing Guidebook:
How Oil & Gas Impacted Communities Can Test Air Quality On A Small Budget: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDEBOOK BASED ON THE NORTH FORK VALLEY AIR SAMPLING PROGRAM
CDPHE Report: Assessment of Potential Public Health Effects from Oil and Gas Operations in Colorado February 21, 2017
The Colorado Department of Public Health published this report finding no significant impact on health from oil and gas operations. This report has been criticized by 18 Democratic representatives citing its lack of peer reviewed research.
Webinar explaining investigative study, Parts 1 and 2 of the investigative report, Interactive Map, Complaints Database, Misconduct Spreadsheet.
Interactive map to assess air quality health risks from methane emissions. Includes public lands reference.
Ground Water Threats In Colorado, Fractracker Alliance, September 2016
Scientific studies on the impact of oil and gas chemicals on the endocrine system by TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange.
Scientific studies on the impact of oil and gas chemicals on the endocrine system by TEDX The Endocrine Disruption Exchange.
Water volumes used (injected) to hydraulically fracture over 263,859 oil and gas wells drilled between 2000 and 2014 were compiled and used to create the first U.S. map of hydraulic fracturing water use. The USGS found that the highest average hydraulic fracturing water usage is generally correlated with shale gas areas in watersheds across the United States, where the natural reservoir properties influence water use.
Delta County Hydrology Studies
AirWaterGas conducts research and provides information on the effects of unconventional oil and gas development in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
When the The Wind Blows: TRACKING TOXIC CHEMICALS IN GAS FIELDS AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES by Coming Clean
This study is a follow up to research conducted in 2013– 14, in which the group Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens and nineteen other organizations in six states participated in a community air monitoring program, led by the na- tional environmental health organization Coming Clean, to determine which harmful chemicals might be emitted from oil and gas sites.
Water Contamination From Pavilion Wyoming, Environmental Science and Technology
Fracking Colorado: Illusory Benefits, Hidden Costs, Food & Water Watch 2013
Water Contamination: An Educational Guide, Consumer Notice
Food
Fracking and Health–Ask an Expert Podcast Series, TedX: The Endocrine Exchange
Interactive Map of The Intersection of Farms and Oil and Gas Production, as of May 2017. This map reveals the risks to food safety and food independence from oil and gas activities on or near agricultural land.
Produced Water Used to Irrigate Crops In California, Water Defense 2016
Water Defense investigates the use of produced water to irrigate crops in Bakersfield, CA. The water in the video is being used to irrigate conventional and organic crops. Heavy metals and other contaminants can be taken up and accumulated in many plants.
Spills of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals on Agricultural Topsoil: Biodegradation, Sorption, and Co-contaminant Interactions, Environmental Science and Technology 2016
Produced Water for Agricultural Irrigation, Livestock Watering, and Groundwater Recharge in The San Joaquin Valley of California: Preliminary Results, PSE Healthy, 2016 Technical Report
FRACKING AND THE FOOD SYSTEM, Food & Water Watch, May 2016
11% of Organic Farms Within One-Half Mile of Oil and Gas Operations, FracTracker Alliance, September 2015
IMPACTS OF GAS DRILLING ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH, NEW SOLUTIONS, Vol. 22(1) 51-77, 2012
Health
FrackHealth Database, TedX: The Endocrine Exchange
Search the FrackHealth Database. Find the studies you need, then read the abstracts and study details in this database of peer-reviewed research on health effects associated with unconventional oil and gas drilling.
Fracking and Health–Ask an Expert Podcast Series, TedX: The Endocrine Exchange
COMPENDIUM OF SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, AND MEDIA FINDINGS DEMONSTRATING RISKS AND HARMS OF FRACKING (UNCONVENTIONAL GAS AND OIL EXTRACTION), Physicians for Social Responsibility, 5th Edition, March 2018
There’s a World Going on Underground —Infant Mortality and Fracking in Pennsylvania, Journal of Environmental Protection, 2017, 8, 381-393
This study links infant deaths to fracking.
Concerning Zoning and Land Use Request to Allow Hydraulic Fracturing, Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, 2015
Dr. David O. Carpenter, MD analyzes the health impacts of fracking.
A Public Health Review of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development, New York State Department of Public Health, 2014
Impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction on the environment and on human health, European Parliament, 2011
Laws & Regulations
Federal statutes, regulations, policies and guidelines related to oil and gas operations:
Excellent site by the Natural Resources Law Center at University of Colorado that compiles all the federal laws and regulations relevant to oil and gas development.
Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation in the United States: The Laissez-Faire Approach of the Federal Government and Varying State Regulations, William J. Brady, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Economic Impact
Economic Impact Of Natural Gas Development On Delta County, 2nd Edition, Citizens for a Healthy Community, January 2018.
How Impacted Communities Can Challenge The Economic Assumptions Of Oil and Gas Development: A Step-by-Step Guidebook For Developing A Cost- Benefit Analysis On Colorado Oil and Gas Projects, Citizens for a Healthy Community, January 2018.
Impacts of Unconventional Oil and Gas Benefits on Public Education, Resources For The Future, August 2017.
Fracking Isn’t the Job Creator You Think it Is, New Republic, January 2015.
Outdoor Recreation Economy, Outdoor Industry Association, 2012
Oil and Gas Development at the Doorstep of “America’s Best Idea”, Western Values Project
Drilling vs. the American Dream: Fracking impacts on property rights and home values, Resource Media, March 14, 2014
The fracking/real estate conundrum, Boulder Weekly, December 12, 2013
Shale Gas Development and the Costs of Groundwater Contamination Risk, Resources for the Future, July 2012; revised March 2013, RFF DP 12-40-REV
Texas judge upholds $3 million fracking verdict, Reuters, July 15, 2014
Shale Public Finance: Local government revenues and costs associated with oil and gas development, Daniel Raimi and Richard G. Newell, Duke University Energy Initiative, May 2014
Colorado’s Piceance basin: Variation in the local public finance effects of oil and gas development, Daniel Raimi and Richard G. Newell, Duke University Energy Initiative, May 2016
Climate Impact
Delta County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (2019), Citizens for a Healthy Community, September 2021
Local Impacts Of Climate Change, Dr. David Inouye, November 2016
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated, ProPublica, 2011
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry, The Nation, March 2016
Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations, Climatic Change, 2011
Assessment of the Greenhouse Gas Footprint of Natural Gas from Shale Formations Obtained by High-Volume, Slick-Water Hydraulic Fracturing, Cornell University, 2011
Oil & Gas Industry
USGS Mancos Shale Report, 2016
Lower 48 Shale Gas Plays, EIA, 2015
Structure Contour Map of the Top of the Dakota Sandstone, Uinta-Piceance Province, Utah and Colorado, US Geological Survey, 2003
Hydraulic Fracturing 3D Animation, Trial Exhibits
The movie tells of citizens in the path of the drilling boom in Garfield County and their struggle against the erosion of their civil liberties, their communities and their health.
The movie documents contamination across the country associated with gas drilling and the associated health threats. The website also includes information on fracking.
Drilling-induced earthquakes may endanger millions in 2016, USGS says, PBS Newshour, March 28, 2016
Geologic Hazards
Maps
Local Warming Map
Colorado Warming Map, as of September 2021. This map identifies Colorado counties and watersheds that have warmed more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, and oil and gas producing counties.
North Fork Valley
Interactive Map of North Fork Valley Oil and Gas Activity, as of April 2024. Move between the layers to see existing leases, active wells, abandoned wells, proposed projects such as the NFMMDP, and Bull Mountain, high, medium and low development potential for Delta County, and more.
Historical Landslides–North Fork Valley
North Fork Valley Historical Landslides Map.
Food-Shale Production Map
Interactive Map of The Intersection of Farms and Oil and Gas Production, as of May 2017. This map reveals the risks to food safety and food independence from oil and gas activities on or near agricultural land.
Colorado Oil and Gas Activity
Here’s A Map Of Every Gas Well In the State of Colorado, Denver Post, As of April 27, 2017. Type in your zip code to discover wells near or around you.
Local Water Resources
2012 Lease Sale and North Fork Valley Water Sources
North Fork Valley Area Water Resources Map
North Fork Mancos Master Development Plan & Bull Mountain Proposed MDP
Existing and Proposed Development
Game Animal Migration and Habitat
Crucial Fish and Wildlife Habitat
BLM Draft UFO Resource Management Plan
BLM’S Preferred Alternative for the Entire Planning Area
BLM’s Preferred Alternative for the North Fork Valley
BLM’s Map of the RMP Planning Area