The Trump administration has voluntarily dropped its appeal of a federal district court’s decision to reinstate two oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine region of the Lewis and Clark National Forest in northwestern Montana.
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Texas Oilman Challenges BLM Over Cancellation of Montana Oil, Gas Leases
A billionaire Texas independent oilman from Fort Worth is suing the federal government over the cancellation of a long-term oil/natural gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine region in Montana, where the Obama administration in its final days bowed to concerns of the Blackfeet Nation.
April 25, 2017
BLM Cancels Final Two Disputed Leases in Northwest Montana
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Tuesday canceled the final two oil and natural gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area in northwest Montana on lands the Blackfeet Nation considers sacred.
January 11, 2017
Devon to be Repaid and Retreat from Badger-Two Medicine Development
The Department of Interior on Wednesday reached a milestone settlement with Devon Energy Corp. to cancel 15 oil and natural gas leases in northwest Montana, an area considered sacred by the Blackfeet Tribe.
November 16, 2016
Montana Leaseholder to Keep Fighting Interior Cancellations
The lead attorney for the Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday that Solenex LLC plans to file an amendment to its 2013 legal challenge of the U.S. Interior Department’s inaction and eventual cancellations of 18 oil and gas leases on federal lands in Montana.
March 30, 2016
Interior Secretary Cancels Montana Oil/Gas Leases to Avoid Tribal Conflict
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Thursday bowed to Blackfeet Indian Nation concerns and cancelled a proposed oil/natural gas lease sale in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark National Forest in northwest Montana.
March 18, 2016
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