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 »
Northwest Landowners Association was a presenter at the ND Soils Conference in Medora on Tuesday, June 14th, 2016, and spoke about the importance of bringing soils that were impacted by oil activity back to background status. Below are pictures from our presentation!
Hosted by Northwest Landowners Association On Monday, April 4th, 2016, we had the great opportunity to hear from Frank Falen and Karen Budd-Falen. Karen’s discussion centered around the power of local Land Use Plans and the new designation of Critical Habitat for endangered species. Both of these highly impact landowners. Below are listed some supplemental… Read more »
The Northwest Landowners Association held a successful Informational Expo on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016, in Stanley.With over 300 people in attendance, the event couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Thank you to all of the speakers, booth representatives, companies, and attendees who made this possible! In case you missed it, the presentations from the speakers will… Read more »