This week, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), along with the Western Energy Alliance (WEA), Public Lands Advocacy (PLA), and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA), sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Western Colorado Field Office Supervisor Patty Gelatt regarding the Gunnsion sage-grouse. The comments regarding the proposed critical habitat designation for the sage‐grouse can be found HERE and regarding the proposed endangered status of the sage‐grouse HERE.