Sage Bard-Gilbert collects signatures from voters in City Park for petitions in support of Colorado state ballot petitions 75 and 78. Initiative 75 is a response to the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling in May that invalidated restrictions and moratoria on fracking put into place by local communities like Longmont and Fort Collins. It would give local governments more say in citing and regulating oil and gas activity in their jurisdictions. Initiative 78 proposes mandatory 2,500-foot setbacks between certain energy development and houses, schools and water sources.