"Save Our Sugarite intends to protect Sugarite Canyon State Park and Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area and the watershed of the city of Raton from coal bed methane gas drilling and the damages that would flow from such drilling."
Proposed CBM Development:
TDC Engineering of Abilene, Texas has notified Raton city officials that it plans to set up five exploratory wells for coalbed methane gas in the town’s watershed. This effort would include building a road through a Colorado state wildlife area, and five wells near a major tributary to Lake Maloya – a primary source of Raton’s drinking water.
and Lake Dorothey too!
View showing the lush forest of Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area. Oil and gas developers want to construct a road across this area to reach the planned site of five exploratory wells seeking coalbed methane gas.
Sugarite Canyon State Park and Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area account for a total of about 8,000 acres of ponderosa pine, mixed conifer and gambel oak forest. This nearly pristine area brims with springs that flow into streams that fill Lake Dorothey and Lake Maloya. Lake Maloya in New Mexico is a primary source of drinking water for Raton. Meanwhile, about 150,000 people visit Sugarite Canyon State Park a year to fish, hunt, camp, rock climb, mountain bike, search for birds and observe wildlife. Sugarite and Lake Dorothey provide habitat for mule deer, black bear, wild turkey, mountain lions, bald eagles, bobcats, elk, osprey and many other species.
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