Interior Department Cancels Oil and Gas Lease in the Lewis and Clark National Forest

by Press on March 17, 2016

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Decision Addresses Longstanding Concerns about Development in Badger-Two Medicine in Montana

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WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has cancelled an oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark National Forest in northwest Montana. The lease, currently held by Solonex LLC, was issued by the BLM in 1982.