With a successful 2014 trial run under our belt for holding BCA’s Annual Meeting in central ND to equalize travel distances, we again held our 2015 Annual Meeting in Bismarck on Sunday, November 1 — this time at the Discovery Center inside the Dakota Zoo. It worked well.
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Read MoreThe Annual Fall Meeting of the BCA was held on October 23, 2016 at the Discovery Center of the Bismarck Dakota Zoo. Thirty-one (31) members attended including the following Board members: Christine Hogan (president), Rich Brauhn, Lillian Crook, Craig Kilber, Lynn Morgenson and Laura Anhalt, and Jan Swenson (executive director). After a potluck dinner and introductions, the business meeting was convened by President Hogan at 2:15 PM CST.
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Read MoreThanks to the diverse crowd that joined us in Bismarck at Keeping All the Pieces last evening. Your willingness to share your experiences and opinions in public dialogue encourages us all to continue the good work of public education on oil and gas impacts in the Badlands and advocacy for their protection.
Take heart; fight the good fight. Raise your own Voice for Wild North Dakota. Watch for opportunities to join the Keeping All the Pieces conversation in communities across the state.
Read MoreThe ND Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and their engineering consultant KLJ will be holding two Public Alternatives Workshops on July 25 and 26 to outline proposed Alternatives for expansion of HWY 85 to a four-lane divided highway south from the Watford City bypass to the I-94 interchange at Belfield and including through the Little Missouri River Valley and the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
Read MoreEverything you wanted to know and more. Take it all in or pick and choose, but this should be a remarkable 24 hours of memory-making.
Read MoreListen to The Thomas Jefferson Hour to hear humanities scholar, North Dakotan and Badlands friend Clay S. Jenkinson revisit his recent lecture on the Centennial of the National Park Service. In the podcast introduction for #1189 Park Centennial, Clay talks about the Badlands Conservation Alliance. Thanks, Clay.
Read MoreAfter 4.5 hours of presentations, public and commission questions, and comments from the public, the Billings County Commission moved unanimously on July 6, 2016 to approve a zoning change for the proposed Meridian Davis Refinery. Comments from the public were evenly divided between those who favored and those who opposed approval of the proposed location and zoning change. Neither the county commission nor the company showed any interest in seeking an alternative location which might satisfy concerns with industrial siting next to the National Park as well as provide jobs and county tax revenue desired by area communities.
Read MoreThe NDIC approved new administrative oil and gas rules with some modifications on June 29th.Notably for the public, the proposed new definition of"Interested Party" was struck, removed, dropped from consideration. Persistent hard work and raising our voices does make a difference. Congratulations All!
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