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Athletes, scientists to tackle North Dakota Badlands to see oil boom affects

April 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

All in the name of science, a seemingly unlikely pairing of athletes and scientists will descend upon the North Dakota Badlands in an effort to catalog the area and determine if the oil boom is affecting the wilderness from the Killdeer Mountains to the Elkhorn Ranch to Sully Creek State Park, south of Medora. Continue Reading

XTO: Too early to assume oil exploration near Elkhorn Ranch

March 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

The company that has drilling sites staked out near a historic North Dakota landmark said Tuesday it’s too early to assume oil exploration will ever take place on the sites. Continue Reading

XTOP spokeman calls reports to drill near Elkhorn Ranch “premature”

March 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MEDORA An oil company has staked out an area near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota, alarming those who oversee the popular tourist destination.
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XTOP spokeman calls reports to drill near Elkhorn Ranch “premature”

March 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MEDORA An oil company has staked out an area near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota, alarming those who oversee the popular tourist destination.
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Drilling next to history? ExxonMobile subsidiary stakes out area for oil well pads steps away from Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch

March 18, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

The sights and sounds of industrial oil drilling could soon be just steps away from one of North Dakota’s most treasured historic landmarks. Continue Reading

Oil company stakes out area for oil well pads steps away from Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch

March 18, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

The sights and sounds of industrial oil drilling could soon be just steps away from one of western North Dakota’s most treasured landmarks. Continue Reading

Feds scour Oil Patch for gravel parcel swap

October 31, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK The U.S. Forest Service is working to find a gravel-rich parcel somewhere in western North Dakota to trade with a Montana businessman who gave up a controversial plan to mine rock near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s historic Badlands ranch. Continue Reading

Roosevelt’s ranch on nat’l historic register

October 4, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

The U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday that the Elkhorn Ranch and Greater Elkhorn Ranchlands in Theodore Roosevelt National Park have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Continue Reading

Gravel mine halted near Elkhorn Ranch

July 18, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK (AP) Development of a gravel mine near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota will not continue, a Montana businessman said Wednesday. Continue Reading

OUR OPINION: Bully! TR’s threatened ranch gets reprieve

July 18, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Kudos to those who learned from Roosevelt’s example and successfully protested the digging of a gravel pit near the former president’s Elkhorn Ranch. Continue Reading