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July 26, 2023

Oil, gas companies would pay more to use public land under Biden rule

Oil and gas companies would have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger requirements to clean up old or abandoned wells under a new rule announced earlier this month by the Biden administration.
A rule proposed by the Interior Department raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%, in accordance with the sweeping climate law approved by Congress last year.

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State Roundup: Wisconsin’s beavers in peril? One protectionist group thinks so

Just in case you weren’t aware, Wisconsin beavers are in peril and on the verge of extinction. A beaver protectionist group called Superior Bio-Conserve recently galloped onto the legal battlefield to beat the USDA-Wildlife Services and Wisconsin DNR into submission over all things beaver.
On June 22 Superior Bio-Conserve principals declared their concern for Wisconsin beavers’ health and welfare by filing a petition and notice of intent to sue the USDA-WS and Wisconsin DNR if the two agencies don’t change their evil ways within 60 days of being served notice.

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Lake Erie delivers in 39th Southtowns walleye tournament in New York

The 39th Annual Southtowns Walleye Association of Western New York’s annual contest was held June 10-18, a traditional kickoff event for the walleye fishing season on Lake Erie.
After nine days of intense fishing, it was the husband-and-wife team of Wayne and Ann Marie Doan of Hamburg that boated away with the big fish, a 12.56-pound walleye while trolling out of their 254 Larson Cabrio named “Trickster3” north of Seneca Shoal in 45 feet of water off Buffalo.

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