From the Thursday, March 27, 2008 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .

The Flathead Basin Commission has asked Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester to find a way to compensate and retire all pending oil and gas leases in the Flathead National Forest.

The Commission passed the resolution late last month.

Both senators said they support such a measure.

And while Forest Service officials here have said there hasn’t been much, if any, interest in completing an environmental impact statement (EIS) on oil and gas leases, the Commission would still like to see the matter put to bed.

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