There have been considerable debate, meetings and media coverage of Energy Fuels Resources' proposal to open uranium mines in Western Colorado and build a mill in the Paradox Valley.

This letter was submitted to the Montrose County Board of Commissioners and to The Watch for publication.

Residents of several counties in Southwest Colorado, and probably including some from the Moab area, will gather in Montrose on tomorrow to make a final effort to stop approval of a special-use permit for a uranium/vanadium mill in the Paradox Valley in western Montrose County.

Paradox resident Marie Moore responds to Norwood's Tom Kyle and speaks out against the proposed Paradox Valley uranium mill... Rhonda Claridge asks the Montrose County Commissioners to not cater to special interests.

But the special-use permit is not without it's restrictions. And it's not without it's controversy.

Earth movements that tickled Paradox Valley over the weekend are believed to have been the result of a desalinization project along the Dolores River.