I’m writing to urge the people of North Dakota not to support the Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Amendment. Supporters of the proposed amendment want 5 percent of North Dakota’s oil extraction tax revenue to be funneled into a new conservation fund. The amendment would require between 75 and 90 percent of the fund to…
Group's Use Of State Auction To Promote Conservation Measure Was "Unfortunate" Say Officials
North Dakota is having a robust debate about conservation. A group of conservation groups want to amend the state constitution to create a massive conservation fund that would be funded by hundreds of millions in oil tax revenues per biennium, with a mandate that most of it be spent whether conservation spending is needed or…
Kelvin Hullet: Backers Of Conservation Measure Had Their Chance At The Legislature
We are glad to see that Lloyd Omdahl agrees about legitimate issues of concern that many of us have about the Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Amendment. As he described them in his recent column, “the more important ones are the amount of money being diverted, locking the program in the state constitution, requiring the…
Mark Owens: Conservation Measure Is A Bad Idea
I read with interest Rep. Kylie Oversen’s recent letter expressing her support for the proposed Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks amendment. My hope was to read an objective, fact-based benefit of the proposed amendment, and yet it had none. I agree that “we have big decisions to make that will shape the future of our…