Tag: split estate
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“I’ve seen enough natural gas wasted to have heated my home forever.”
“I’m Mike Wilson, and I live in Bainville, Montana. I’m a rancher. My parents ranched on our place before me, and my grandparents and great-grandparents before them. We’ve got… how many? 22, 23 wells on our place? And we own some of the mineral rights, but a lot of them belong to the BLM and…
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No Room for Negotiation: The Problem with Split Estate
Bill: “My name is Bill West, and I’ve been on the ranch here for eighty-three years. Born and raised here. My dad came out in 1919, and homesteaded, and lived the rest of his life here.” Marge: “I’m Marjorie West, and I’ve been out here for almost sixty-two years. Arvada is our mailing address. It…
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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…