Top 10 local news stories of 2012: No. 5, Fracking takes Boulder County by storm


Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

December 27, 2012

Longmont's decision at the very end of December 2011 to place a 120-day moratorium on accepting new oil and gas drilling applications in the city foreshadowed what would become a contentious fight over hydraulic fracturing by towns and cities in Boulder County -- and the county itself -- in 2012read more

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

(Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation)

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Location: Twin Buttes, North Dakota

Spoken Languages: English

Topic Expertise: Federal trust relationship with American Indians; Indigenous issues ranging from spirituality and environment to education and land rights

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