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- PLEASE NOTE: Change in Zoom access code for today’s hearing
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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Don’t miss it — water testing seminar in Red Lodge, June 5 at 7pm
Many people ask what they can do to protect their property from potential oil drilling in the area. My response is always to do everything they can to make sure their water is protected. The single most important way to … Continue reading
From time to time we talk about Donald Rumsfeld’s concept of “unknown unknowns,” the things we don’t know that we don’t know. When we look at oil and gas drilling in people’s back yards, which has become common since the … Continue reading
Announcing the second Rex Tillerson Fracking Hypocrite Award
We here at Preserve the Beartooth Front are pleased to announce the second recipient — co-recipients actually — of the Rex Tillerson Fracking Hypocrite Award. The Award is a 160-foot water tower, engraved with Rex Tillerson’s photo, delivered to the … Continue reading
Mayflies, wastewater and the health of our natural water sources
The life of the mayfly is one of nature’s amazing stories. They spend their first three years under water in the larval stage, and then emerge for a quick but eventful run as adults, with wings and reproductive organs but … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking Information
Tagged fracking wastewater, mayflies, river health, water contamination
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What does David Letterman’s retirement mean to the Beartooth Front?
This is a blog about oil and gas drilling along the Beartooth Front, so we tend to be a little light on entertainment news. But it’s Friday and this has been a busy week, so today we’re going to take a … Continue reading
Great news today from the Northern Plains Resource Council (NPRC). Water stealing from the gravel pit at the well site in Belfry has been stopped by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC). The agency has informed the … Continue reading
Action update: Tell the DNRC about ECA illegal water use in Belfry
This is an update to Monday’s post about activity at the ECA well in Belfry. Update Wednesday: Illegal water theft has been stopped! We told you that ECA is drawing water out of a gravel pit on a neighboring property, which is … Continue reading
Important update: Lease of BLM parcel near Dean
Today we have better news on the drilling front. You’ll recall that in April, working with Northern Plains Resource Council and Stillwater Protective Association, we posted an action alert regarding the lease of a BLM parcel in Dean. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Community Organization, Politics and History
Tagged Billings field office, BLM, Carbon County, County 419, Dean, ECA, EIS, Environmental Impact Statement, lease sale, Montana, National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, Oil and Gas stipulations, Pompeys Pillar National Monument, preliminary environmental assessment, Public Scoping, resource management plan, RMP, Stillwater County, Yellowstone cutthroat trout
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