Interior Department Cancels Remaining Oil and Gas Leases in Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine Area
Published by the Department of the Interior
The Badger-Two Medicine is a 130,000 acre area, bounded by Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. This portion of the Rocky Mountain Front is considered sacred by the Blackfeet Tribe, and is part of a Traditional Cultural District. These characteristics caused Congress to legislatively withdraw the area from mineral development in 2006.
Read the full article at: https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-cancels-remaining-oil-and-gas-leases-montanas-badger-two-medicine
