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Coalbed Methane Resources

High Country News - this newspaper produced a special report called Coalbed Methane Boom. It can be found on their web site.  High Country News also has a CBM news archive.

ALL Consulting - this consulting firm has prepared some in-depth materials on CBM, including some information on best practices and mitigation strategies.

Wyoming CBM Clearinghouse - this web site is a clearinghouse of information about coalbed methane (CBM) in and around the state of Wyoming. The CBM Clearinghouse is a joint project of the University of Wyoming and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

East of Huajatolla Citizens Alliance - This Colorado group produced numerous information sheets for citizens dealing with CBM development (including issues such as health and welfare, produced water, impacts on wildlife and
livestock, well spacing, and many others).

Montana Department of Environmental Quality - See MDEQ's information on CBM Environmental and Economic Issues, which contains papers on agriculture, irrigation, water quality, air quality, biological issues, geology and soils, social and
economic impacts, and other issues, including a study on Potential Costs and Benefits to Montanans from CBM Development.

Community Voices

Custer National Forest, MT

"Rancher Not Informed about Mineral Leasing" is Jeanie Alderson's story about what it means when the federal government owns the minerals below private land - mainly, that surface owners have little or no input into the leasing process or decisions that will greatly affect their lives and livelihoods.