AP – HELENA, Mont. Recently released documents show the Obama administration was getting ideas from environmental groups about setting aside millions of acres in the West, drawing the ire of land users who said discussions were being developed behind their back. In the documents – most of which are e-mail messages – the environmental groups suggest various [...] [...more]
Jeffrey “Rock” Smith, has been selected to serve as the new Moab Field Office Manager. Shelley Smith, Canyon Country District Manager, made the announcement, stating that “Rock brings years of pertinent experience and leadership to the position as well as knowledge of the issues and opportunities in the Moab Field Office.”Prior to joining the Bureau [...] [...more]
Before serving in his current position, Palma was the field manager in the BLM’s Las Vegas office. [...more]
"Obviously the people that are bidding on these acreages have a lot of confidence in the area and think the play is going to be a really great oil play for the state," Bruce Hinchey, president of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, said Wednesday. [...more]
"No wonder companies are taking their money and investing in other states that have private land, where they don't have to deal with this bureaucracy and politics," said Bruce Hinchey, president of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming. [...more]
"Bottom line, we think that a spinoff of our E&P business would create two top tier companies in their respective market segments. We've transformed Questar E&P from what was once primarily a Rockies producer into a multi-basin growth company operating in several of the most economic natural gas plays in the country today." [...more]
The Resolution is an attempt by Congress to require the Secretary of the Interior to turn over specific information related to potential National Monument designations. [...more]
The story prompted some rebuttals, and created some questions, like why did the symposium organizers assume that environmental injustice occurs only how and when the PRBRC/WOC says it does? [...more]
BILLINGS—Gene Terland, State Director for the Bureau of Land Management in Montana and the Dakotas, has retired. Terland was at the Montana post since 2006. A Montana native and Montana State University graduate, his BLM career spanned 36 years. Prior to coming to Billings he served in Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Utah working his way up [...] [...more]
For his part, Salazar adopted a conciliatory tone, and the response from most attendees was cautious, but hopeful, though the public comment portion of the meeting was cut short. [...more]
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