Bonnie Martinell

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Protecting property a do-it-yourself project in Montana

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This guest opinion was written by Bonnie Martinell, who farms near Belfry. This month the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation decided not to make rules regarding setbacks of oil wells from occupied buildings. Also this month, a group of my neighbors and I appealed to the Montana Supreme Court to overrule the Carbon County Commission and allow us to protect our properties against unregulated oil and gas drilling in the only way possible in Montana, through citizen-initiated zoning. The two are directly related. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, Board of Oil and Gas, Bonnie Martinell, Carbon County Commission, Energy Corporation of America, Steve Durrett

Landowners go local to head off oil-well impacts

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Bonnie

RED LODGE — A group of Clarks Fork Valley landowners appealed to the Carbon County Commission on Monday to create a special zoning district that would protect them from the impacts of oil and gas development. “We’re not here to stop it,” organic farmer Bonnie Martinell told the commission. “We want it done correctly.” (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, News, Alex Nixon, Bonnie Martinell, Brent Moore, Carbon County, Carol Nash, Doug Tucker

New video makes a case for responsible oil development

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Deb

Deb Thomas of Clark, Wyo., talks about the many disadvantages of living near six oil wells — the air and water pollution, the dust, noise, lights and heavy traffic. Bob and Mary Johnson talk about living in the midst of the Bakken oil boom on their North Dakota farm, and their hopes that the same kind of development doesn’t come to the Red Lodge area, where they retired. (more…) Continue Reading →

Filed under: Montana, News, Beartooth Front, Bob and Mary Johnson, Bonnie Martinell, David Katz, Deb Thomas, Dennis and Cathy Rickman Hoyem