Monday, January 20, 2014

The List Of Extraordinary Sites Where Drilling Might Not Be Allowed

Bakken.com is reporting:

The sites proposed by Stenehjem are:
  • Black Butte in Slope County
  • Bullion Butte in Billings County 
  • Camel’s Hump Butte in Golden Valley County
  • Columnar Junipers (Limber Pines) and Burning Coal Vein, formerly known as the Dakota National Forest, in northwest Slope County
  • Confluence of Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
  • Elkhorn Ranch
  • Killdeer Mountain Battlefield State Historic Site, Wildlife Management Area
  • Lake Sakakawea
  • Little Missouri River
  • Little Missouri River National Grasslands – areas designated by the U.S. Forest Service as not administratively available for future leasing after July 31, 2002
  • Little Missouri State Park
  • Pretty Butte in Slope County
  • Sentinel Butte in Golden Valley County
  • Theodore Roosevelt National Park
  • Tracy Mountain in Billings County
  • West Twin Butte in Golden Valley County
  • White Butte in Slope County
  • Wildlife Management Areas
A reader was kind enough to send that story, as well as an interactive link to "Wildlife Management Areas."

One of two things will happen:
  • the legislature will push back on this and permits will be considered on a case-by-case basis
  • the issue will be settled in court
Some of the "designated" areas seem a bit unclear, like the "entire" Little Missouri River drainage. Wow.  And Lake Sakakawea -- off-shore? The same with the "Confluence." The whole drainage area? Wow.

A very slippery slope at the top of which the attorney general is putting on his skis.

Additional Stories

February 22, 2014: managing editor, The Dickinson Press; property rights above all else

February 21, 2014: farmers/ranchers vehemently against "extraordinary list"

February 15, 2014: state senator representing Dickinson area comes out against "the extraordinary list."

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