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All's Quiet on the Rocky Mountain Front
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15 Nov 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| All's Quiet on the Rocky Mountain Front The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an industry appeal of a 1997 U.S. Forest Service decision to ban oil and gas exploration on Montana's Rocky Mountain Front, a 1.8 million-acre swath of land where the plains meet the Rocky Mountains. The area, which is home to grizzlies, wolves, and bighorn sheep, also contains an estimated 2.5 trillion c ... |
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| Topics: energy, Montana, North America, US Forest Service, wildlife (all these topics) |
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