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Land & Water
News and information concerning land rights, water rights, and environmental issues.
Dakota Access Pipeline
Greenpeace seeks court permission to research mailer critical of DAPL protests
Mary Steurer / North Dakota Monitor
Water Funding
$849 million for Western water projects announced by Biden administration
North Dakota to receive more than $32 million toward projects for 4 tribal communities
Chase WoodRuff / North Dakota Monitor
The pick
Next secretary of the Interior should elevate allotted landowner rights
Will Burgum prioritize the interests of all tribes and Indian people, or will his policies favor wealthy oil-rich tribes and perpetuate the exploitation of individual Allottee landowners?
Todd Hall
‘Weird’ newspaper calls out DAPL pipeline protests eight years later
Publication appears in Morton County as Greenpeace trial looms
Michael Standaert & Miranda Green / North Dakota News Cooperative + Floodlite
Tribes reach for sun, start from ground up
Solar nudges North Dakota’s dominant wind sector in renewable energy
Grace Fiori
Public comment on historic Black Hills water protection plan nears end
Forest Service could ban new mining claims in tribal treaty area for 20 years
Tracy L. Barnett
Wildfires cut into oil production; operators agree to some voluntary restrictions
Amy Dalrymple / North Dakota News Monitor
Weekend wildfire damage approaches 50,000 acres, Burgum says
Michael Achterling and Jeff Beach / North Dakota Monitor
Three Affiliated Tribes emergency responders combat 11,000-acre Bear Den Fire
‘Neighbors helping neighbors’ to survive blazes raging around Fort Berthold Reservation
Grace Fiori
1 killed, another critically injured in western North Dakota wildfires
North Dakota Monitor Staff / North Dakota Monitor