New, Real Threat of Industrial Oil and Gas Development and Leasing in SW Montana On Friday, August 1, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published four new rule amendments to the federal oil and gas leasing program as required by…
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UMW Joins Letter to Interior Dept. Seeking Reforms on Public Lands Oil and Gas Leasing
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper joined nearly 40 other conservation organizations to push the Department of Interior to reform the antiquated federal onshore oil and gas leasing program that directly threatens Montana’s Big Hole and Beaverhead river valleys in a letter sent…
Success – BLM Again Defers Beaverhead/Big Hole Oil & Gas Leasing!
Oil and gas leasing on 12,889 acres of public land in Beaverhead and Madison counties has been deferred indefinitely, once again, by the BLM. While this decision is certainly a small victory for the Beaverhead and Big Hole, and make…