Is Montana Fracked? Federal Oil and Gas Leasing in the Big Sky - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Is Montana Fracked? Federal Oil and Gas Leasing in the Big Sky State Presenter: Becca Fischer, Attorney, Climate Guardian, WildEarth Guardians Public Lands Under BLM Management BLM manages 700 million acres of publically-owned minerals.
Presenter: Becca Fischer, Attorney, Climate Guardian, WildEarth Guardians
○ BLM manages 700 million acres of publically-owned minerals. ○ BLM manages 7.9 million acres in Montana. ○ Montana oil and gas lease sales (map)
Oil and gas holding tanks in the Uinta Basin, Utah
Source: BLM Regional Oil and Gas Lease Sales website
○ Land Use Planning ○ Leasing ○ Permits to Drill ○ Development
Map of oil and gas stipulations from the Butte Field Office RMP
○ Piecemealing analysis: 4 different NEPA documents ○ Postponement of full analysis until drilling stage ○ No consideration of cumulative impacts of other federal leasing ○ No consideration of the impacts of fracking ○ No consideration of actual intent to develop
○ Leasing ties up the land for 10 or more years ○ Impacts to communities, public health ○ Threats to air quality, water quality and quantity ○ Massive greenhouse gas emissions: 20% of the U.S.’s emissions come from federal fossil fuels ○ Threats to wildlife
Pump jacks, a flare, and tanks in the Uinta Basin, Utah
○ Get Informed ○ Make your voice heard ○ Sign PCEC’s petition ○ Contact the BLM and Secretary Zinke
View of Livingston Peak from PCEC’s office
○ Contact me at: 406-698-1489, rfischer@wildearthguardians.org