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Roosevelt County ranks third in the state for funds allocated of federal royalties for 2026. Under the federal Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 50 percent of all sales, bonuses, royalties and rentals received from federal lands in Montana must be paid to the state. The revenue produced on federal public lands includes royalties and bonuses from oil, gas, coal and other mineral ex...

Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers reports that he has been receiving positive comments from the eastern end of the county regarding the proposed Bridger Pipeline. Last last month, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality withdrew a previous waiver, but Oelkers doesn’t feel that decision will create much of an obstacle for the project’s future. ...