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Committee keeps $3 million for grasslands grazing grants to convert plugged oil wells to water sources
Summary
Appropriations members agreed to include $3 million in one‑time SIF funding for grasslands grazing grants intended to convert abandoned oil wells into water supplies and support grazing and wildlife management on national grasslands.
Committee members discussed and approved placing $3,000,000 into the grasslands grazing grants line to fund projects that convert abandoned or plugged oil wells into water sources, then pipe and distribute the water for grazing and other uses.
Tom Bodine and legislators described the program’s purpose: converting previously plugged oil wells into functioning water wells and then installing pipeline and storage…
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