Tag: drilling
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Dawn Stein – Even Being Deaf Doesn’t Block Out the Noise of Drilling
Dawn Stein stood in her front yard, shaded by a canopy of rustling, century-old cottonwood trees. A well-manicured lawn surrounded her tidy white house. On Dawn’s front porch, a low table and chairs beckoned a relaxing summer afternoon of gazing out over her Greeley, Colorado neighborhood. A massive sound wall blocked the view, however, and…
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Private Land, Public Minerals: The Problem with Split Estates
Karen: “I’m Karen Turner. I’ve been married to LJ for almost…46 years? 47? Anyway, a long time. I came out here teaching school in 1967, and we’ve been raising cows and sheep ever since.” LJ: “I’m LJ Turner. I was born here, and raised here, and I’ve lived all my life here. This ranch was…
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Feeling Helpless Against Oil and Gas Companies
“My name is Carol Nash, and we live here in Bridger. We raise cattle and sheep on our place. We weren’t involved at all until the news came out in the newspaper that they were planning on developing a gas well down here. Down near Belfry. It was a big learning process, because we knew…
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Drilling, Flaring, and Ranching
“I have no idea how many wells are on our land. Many, many wells.”