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Posted on March 31, 2021

Protecting the Next Generations Right to Ranch

Rancher Terry Punt sat at the kitchen table talking about the ranch his wife’s family has been operating for the past 140 years. He talked…

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Posted on March 17, 2021

More than a Decade later, Pavillion Residents Continue to Face Complications due to Contaminated Water

Jeff and Rhonda Locker look out across a cut alfalfa field. Newly cut rows of alfalfa stretch into the distance. Clean mountain air blows down…

Continue reading → More than a Decade later, Pavillion Residents Continue to Face Complications due to Contaminated Water

Posted on February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

From Homesteads to National Parks, unchecked Oil and Gas development threatens North Dakota

The west brought the Ashleys a sense of solitude and freedom, however, the peace they once knew has since been disrupted by an oil well that was put in at the base of their driveway.

Posted on September 23, 2020December 21, 2020

Working to Prove Accountability: A Hydrogeologist’s Perspective on the Pavillion Water Crisis

Mike Wireman, a hydrogeologist, has spent the last five years trying to understand what is causing the Pavillion water crisis in relation to oil and gas development.

Posted on July 7, 2020

Abundant clean water: the west’s most valuable resource

Keeping the water flowing, a rancher’s fight to limit oil and gas development As hydraulic fracturing threatens aquifers, it puts ranching and other industries at…

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Posted on June 26, 2020July 15, 2020

Colorado Community Members use their Voices to Protect the Health and Safety of their Community

Battlement Mesa Prepares for a Continued Fight for Safer Drilling Practices When Bonnie Smeltzer moved to Battlement Mesa in 2002 at the age of 74,…

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  • More than a Decade later, Pavillion Residents Continue to Face Complications due to Contaminated Water
  • From Homesteads to National Parks, unchecked Oil and Gas development threatens North Dakota
  • Working to Prove Accountability: A Hydrogeologist’s Perspective on the Pavillion Water Crisis
  • Abundant clean water: the west’s most valuable resource

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