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About davidjkatz

The Moses family has lived on the Stillwater River since 1974, when George and Lucile Moses retired and moved to the Beehive from the Twin Cities. They’re gone now, but their four daughters (pictured at left, on the Beehive) and their families continue to spend time there, and have grown to love the area. This blog started as an email chain to keep the family informed about the threat of increased fracking activity in the area, but the desire to inform and get involved led to the creation of this blog.

Energy Corporation of America is being sued for underpaying royalties to hundreds, possibly thousands, of land owners

Posted on October 1, 2014 by davidjkatz

It’s one thing when you have a poor record of compliance with regulations protecting land owners. It’s quite another when you are being sued by hundreds (perhaps thousands) of people who feel they are being cheated out of energy royalties … Continue reading →

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Billings Gazette Letter to the Editor: Mechelle Harper

Posted on September 30, 2014 by davidjkatz

This letter to the editor appeared in the September 28 edition of the Billings Gazette: I was one of the landowners who attended the Sept. 8 meeting of the Carbon County Commissioners to hear what the representatives of the Energy … Continue reading →

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Billings Gazette Letter to the Editor: Lee Wilder

Posted on September 30, 2014 by davidjkatz

This letter to the editor appeared in the September 30 Billings Gazette: Energy Corporation of America, the company that wants to bring “a little bit of the Bakken” to our community, has a troubling safety record. In Pennsylvania, ECA has had … Continue reading →

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Let’s not choose oil development over tourism in Carbon County

Posted on September 25, 2014 by davidjkatz

When Energy Corporation of America (ECA) presented at the Carbon County Commission meeting on September 8, Commissioner John Grewell asked (starting at 5:27), “Do you have any idea how much money your company’s put into the County’s funding through these … Continue reading →

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Video: Carbon County Commissioners response to Silvertip Zone petition, 9/18/2014

Posted on September 23, 2014 by davidjkatz

Mr. Dockery is welcome to have an opinion about the way citizen initiated zoning should work or not work. If he and John Mork want to spend lots of money to go to the Montana Supreme Court to try to get them to agree to disenfranchise local land owners, they are welcome to do so. Continue reading →

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Video: Public meeting at Belfry School, September 17

Posted on September 22, 2014 by davidjkatz

Today we have video and commentary on a public meeting that the Carbon County Commissioners held at Belfry School on Wednesday evening, September 17. The Commissioners scheduled the meeting to provide more community members with an opportunity to discuss oil … Continue reading →

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Video of public meetings will be posted Sunday or Monday

Posted on September 18, 2014 by davidjkatz

We’ll post video of the public meeting last night in Belfry and the County Commission meeting this morning. I’m traveling and will post as soon as I can, on Sunday or Monday.

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Free screening of documentary film “Triple Divide” in Red Lodge this Friday, September 19

Posted on September 17, 2014 by davidjkatz

Followers of this blog will be pleased to know about  a special free screening of the documentary film Triple Divide at the Cafe Regis in Red Lodge this Friday, September 19 at 6:00pm. The film’s creators, Joshua B. Pribanic and … Continue reading →

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Plan to attend public meetings in Belfry and Red Lodge this week. With new video

Posted on September 16, 2014 by davidjkatz

Yesterday landowners in the Silvertip Zone went before the County Commissioners to clarify their understanding of upcoming meetings and their expectations for the County Commissioners response to their zoning petition. It was a spirited back and forth, with County Commissioners … Continue reading →

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Comments on ECA presentation at Carbon County Commission, 9/8/14: Part 3

Posted on September 15, 2014 by davidjkatz

This post is part of a series analyzing the ECA presentation at the Carbon County Commission last Monday. The series: Thursday: ECA commitment to the Beartooth Front community Today: ECA’s poor compliance record in other states, and the company’s response … Continue reading →

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