Thousands of acres in the Little Willow Creek region went up for lease for oil and gas use Thursday.
The acreage included five parcels made up of 997 acres of U.S. Bureau of Land Management-administered lands and 5,352 acres of split estate lands. The parcels sold for a total of $3.87 million dollars, according to BLM geologist Karen Porter.
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Good, informative article April-- thank you! I found Mr. Foster's "end around" to your question telling indeed. Sometimes it is not what is said, but what is left unsaid...
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