As a way to further our mission, NWLA will be hosting a Land Use Plan Workshop in cooperation with the Budd-Falen Law Offices on December 6, 2017 at the Grand Hotel in Minot, ND. Karen Budd-Falen will lead the workshop that is specifically meant for county government officials. With her work at Budd-Falen Law Offices,… Read more »
If you have experienced a spill of any kind on your land, it is very simple to verify the spill has been reported with the North Dakota Department of Health. Follow this link to the North Dakota Department of Health, Environmental Health page and select from General Environmental Incidents of Oilfield Environmental Incidents. If you… Read more »
Troy Coons, NWLA Chairman, gave testimony in opposition of the Ward County right of ways policy currently being reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Click HERE for the link to the resolution the NWLA Board of Directors presented to the Ward County Planning and Zoning Commission. To read more details on the policy and… Read more »
The third and final NDSU Brine Spill Café Talk was held in Stanley, ND this morning. This meeting was the largest of all 3 meetings, with 35 people in attendance. There was representation from several landowners, large oil companies, PhD students, NDSU employees, and many NWLA board members. The conversation was educational in regards to… Read more »
Pictured left to right: Bryan Ankenbauer, Farm Credit Services and NWLA board member; Amy Shelton, NWLA Executive Director; Galen Peterson, NWLA Secretary; Troy Coons, NWLA Chairman; Dave King, NWLA Vice Chairman; Rollin Tonneson, Farm Credit Services board member; Claude Sem, Farm Credit Services CEO. Farm Credit Services of North Dakota is proud to announce that… Read more »
Today NWLA Executive Director, Amy Shelton, made the beautiful drive to Killdeer for the second talk on produced salt water spills in North Dakota. 15 people attended this meeting from all different industries; including several large oil companies, Dunn County Forest Services, a representative from Senator Heitkamp’s office, Dunn County Commissioner, and Dunn County Emergency… Read more »
Today several of the NWLA board members attended a Brine Spill Café Talk, in Crosby, put on by the NDSU Extension Service. During this open conversation between landowners and soil specialist; we discussed the severity of brine spills, what a landowner can do if they see a brine spill on their property, and the different… Read more »
On March 10th, 2017, Northwest Landowners Association held a wind farm and transmission educational meeting for area landowners in Powers Lake. There was information given by NWLA and the Baumstark Braaten Law Firm. With over 30 attendees, NWLA fielded questions ranging from transmission line concerns, values of easements, and end-of-life for wind turbines reclamation. Time… Read more »
Last week, NWLA was at the KMOT Ag Show! Many people attended the show and discussed landowner issues such as eminent domain, pipeline easements, trespass legislation, wind farms, and the impending Cenex pipeline.
On Tuesday, December 5th, 2016, the leadership of NWLA braved the poor weather to attend the Legislative Rule Making Committee meeting with the Department of Mineral Resources. Here are the results of that meeting: https://www.dmr.nd.gov/oilgas/or27865.pdf Additionally, the leadership met with members of the Public Service Commission, Department of Mineral Resources, and local Senators and Representatives… Read more »
