Birney NewsLocal news for Birney, MT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Rare black-footed variety reintroduced on tribal land- January 26, 2008 "The ferrets are going to do fine" The endangered black-footed ferret, not documented on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation since the early 1920s, returned to tribal lands Thursday afternoon. via Billings Gazettehttp://www.topix.net/city/birney-mt/2008/01/rare-black-footed-variety-reintroduced-on-trib... Candy man curbs big coal- January 12, 2008 Associated Press photographs Black angus cattle grazed near the lodge at the Diamond Cross Ranch along the Tongue River near Birney, Mont., on Saturday. via Washington Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/birney-mt/2008/01/candy-man-curbs-big-coal?fromrss=1 Candy Magnate Loses Bid to Bar Drilling on Ranch- January 11, 2008 "But more than half the time the water is so salty it kills the grass and turns the ground into cement." A state judge has ruled that an energy company has the right to explore and drill for natural gas on a sprawling cattle ranch owned by the billionaire candy magnate Forrest E. Mars Jr., despite his opposition. via HendersonvilleNews.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/birney-mt/2008/01/candy-magnate-loses-bid-to-bar-drilling-on-ran... Drilling begins on candy billionaire's Montana ranch- January 10, 2008 "The question is how economic is it going to be, how much gases are there" A natural gas rig was drilling deep into the ground Wednesday beneath a sprawling ranch owned by candy billionaire Forrest Mars, Jr., who has been fighting a gas company over a mineral lease it holds to his ... via Montana Standardhttp://www.topix.net/city/birney-mt/2008/01/drilling-begins-on-candy-billionaires-montana-... Nibbling on tar sands- January 9, 2008 BLM: Tar sand development may hurt parks Tar sands seep crude oil near Vernal, Utah. via SunValleyOnline.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/birney-mt/2008/01/nibbling-on-tar-sands?fromrss=1 Thumbnail- January 8, 2008 Out on a limb Bald eagles spar in the top of a cottonwood tree on the Diamond Cross Ranch near Birney, Saturday. via Montana Standardhttp://www.topix.net/city/birney-mt/2008/01/thumbnail?fromrss=1 |