Celebrating end of Badger Two-Medicine lease
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September 13, 2023 2:00 AM
In 1977, “Friends of the Rocky Mountain Front,” a local group based in Choteau, began working toward preserving the wild integrity of all the Front, including the Badger-Two Medicine. It joined with other conservation organizations in the “Coalition to Protect the Rocky Mountain Front” in deciding to not include the Badger-Two Medicine in the 2014 Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act due to (1) Blackfeet treaty rights, and (2) oil and gas leases which still existed in the Badger-Two Medicine at the time. ...