For Immediate Release, January 6, 2021 Contact: Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center, (575) 770-7501, tisdel@westernlaw.org John Weisheit, Living Rivers Colorado Riverkeeper, (435) 260-2590, gractionnetwork@gmail.com Courtney Bourgoin, Sierra Club, (248) 214-6682, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org Legal Agreement Blocks Fracking on 53 Oil Leases, Requires Climate Review for Management of 2 Million Acres in Colorado Comes Ahead of Biden’s Promised Leasing Ban DENVER— Conservation groups finalized an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management today that blocks drilling on more than 45,000 acres of oil and gas leases until officials revise land-management plans governing approximately 2 million acres of public lands in western Colorado.