With 12 days left in the Obama administration, the Interior Department cancelled the remaining two oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the Bureau of Land Management has canceled the final two oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area within the … Continue reading US cancels last two oil and gas leases in Badger-Two Medicine area
Devon Energy relinquished its 15 oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region. All that’s left now is the ongoing battle with Solonex over their two leases . . . U.S. officials cancelled 15 oil and gas leases on Wednesday in an area bordering Glacier National Park that’s considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes … Continue reading Devon Energy relinquishes its oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine
Looks like more lease cancellations in the Badger-two Medicine region are likely . . . Blackfeet tribal leaders, conservationists and cultural preservationists have made numerous pilgrimages to Washington, D.C. this year in hopes of furnishing permanent protections on the wild and sacred Badger-Two Medicine region, which for more than three decades has been threatened with … Continue reading Tribal leader’s push to protect Badger-Two Medicine paying off
From an MWA announcement released this morning . . . Don’t miss the Kalispell screening of “Our Last Refuge,”a documentary film about the sacred Badger-Two Medicine area and the decades-long struggle to protect it from oil and gas development. The film features voices from all sides of the struggle — Blackfeet elders, local conservationists, and … Continue reading Documentary about Badger-Two Medicine coming to Kalispell, Oct 20
Solonex makes the next move in its court fight over cancelled oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . A Louisiana energy company is asking a federal judge to reverse the cancellation of a 33-year-old oil and gas lease on land considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and … Continue reading Judge asked to restore cancelled energy lease in Badger-Two Medicine
The Blackfeet are keeping up the pressure in the fight over drilling leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region . . . While a decades-long legal struggle over energy exploration in the Badger-Two Medicine revolves around its sacred nature to the Blackfeet Indians, it wasn’t until this week that the tribe officially asked to join the … Continue reading Blackfeet Tribe asks to join Badger-Two Medicine suit
As expected, Solonex has challenged the cancellation of their oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine. The paperwork was filed last Friday . . . A Louisiana company challenged the cancellation of an oil and gas lease in northwest Montana on Friday, after federal officials said drilling would disturb an area sacred to the … Continue reading Badger-Two Medicine oil & gas lease cancellation challenged in federal court
From this week’s Hungry Horse News . . . Back in 1872 a Salish and Kootenai Warrior named Running Coyote was on the outs with the tribe. He had a wife on one side of the divide and a Blackfeet wife on the other side of the divide. In an attempt to make amends, Running … Continue reading Project could return bison to Glacier Park, Badger-Two Medicine
After dragging their feet as long as possible and a frank exchange of views with a federal judge, the feds finally cancelled a disputed drilling lease in the Badger-Two Medicine . . . The Obama administration has cancelled a disputed oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park. Secretary of … Continue reading Feds cancels energy lease in Badger-Two Medicine!
The Hungry Horse News has a nice summary of the battle over drilling leases in the Badger-Two Medicine . . . The battle over oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine will continue. The Department of Interior and Solonex, the company that owns the leases had asked U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon to … Continue reading Dispute over Badger-Two Medicine drilling leases still simmering