Osage Nation speeds up orphan well cleanup as federal oversight recedes

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This story was originally published by Osage News , and is published through the Indigenous News Alliance.​ At the entrance to Harvest Land Farms, Fred Beartrack prepares to plug another orphaned well. Records indicated a cement plug covered it, but excavation and a casing cutout revealed no cement. “There was no cement, so the data was wrong,” Beartrack of the Nation’s Department of Natural…

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