Boulder County asks Colorado Supreme Court to overturn Crestone suit ruling

BOULDER — Boulder County is turning to the Colorado Supreme Court in its efforts to keep oil and gas drilling activity out of the county.

The county is asking the state’s highest court to overturn a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling in its 2018 lawsuit that sought to block Crestone Peak Resources’ application to drill new well pads in Erie.

That suit was rejected a year later by a district court judge, a decision that was upheld by the Court of Appeals.

Boulder County, which holds mineral rights at the site, argued that leases at existing wells on the site should be…