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Validity of Sage Grouse Initiative

Today there is a common misconception stating sage grouse are at a dangerous population and should be placed on the Endangered Species List. I don’t think it’s a secret that their numbers are down from what they were twenty, or thirty years ago.  It’s also no secret everyone has a explanation why their numbers are [...]

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Governor Sides with Oil & Gas Against Federal Regs

Article originally printed by Montana Watchdog, Dustin Hurst and replayed in the Big Sky Business Journal weekly Hot Sheet. Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer is siding with the oil and gas industry in its fight against drilling regulations that some would say could devastate Montana’s economy.  The Bureau of Land Management, a bureaucratic subsidiary of the [...]

Pavillion – the drama continues !

Return to Pavillion where the drama continues ! Tom Doll, Wyoming’s top oil and gas regulator’s resignation comes within a week of his remarks that Pavillion’s “greed” was fueling residents to demand a new water distribution system in light of the alleged groundwater contamination near the town due to hydraulic fracturing.  A spokesman from the [...]

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*So what’s all the fuss about fracking?

So what’s all the fuss about fracking? Its most vocal opponents charge that fracking will burn your water, pollute your air, and cause the very ground to shift beneath you. The oil and gas industry obviously disagree. So who’s right? Well, not being a scientist I have to base my opinions on information I get [...]