Western Ag Reporter Podcast

MSGA Opposes BLM's Carbon Sequestration Project in Carter County

April 18, 2024
Western Ag Reporter Podcast
MSGA Opposes BLM's Carbon Sequestration Project in Carter County
Show Notes

The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) recently submitted comments in opposition to the BLM Snowy River CO2 Sequestration Project Environmental Assessment (EA). The BLM is planning to partner with Denbury Carbon Solutions to build a carbon storage facility in Carter County, Mont. The project would encompass 100,200 acres of land south of Ekalaka where 15 deep wells would be drilled and injected with CO2, storing carbon from the Denbury Cedar Creek Anticline pipeline deep underground. The proposed acreage consists almost entirely of federal grazing leases, held by permittees from the surrounding areas. MSGA raised concerns that the various pipelines, roads, injection...

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