Please note: This page is only updated sporadically. However, links to the annual Dickinson State University Reclamation Conferences, including presentations and other materials, can be found below.

Energy development and agricultural land use
resources page

This page is a library of presentations, videos, research publications, handy web links, and other resources related to maintaining profitable land use as energy development continues in the MonDak region. If you are interested in an overview of the reclamation process, soils, revegetation, or weed control and grazing, you have come to the right place! If a pipeline is in your future, you may want to look at the handy checklist in our Landowner's Tips handout! If you would like to see a presentation from a workshop you were not able to attend you can view a list of workshops here to see the agendas and get to related links.

• Is there a Pipeline in Your Future?
  (Landowner Tips Brochure; PDF 464 KB, legal size)

Additions:  

• Publications:

  • Montana State University Extension MontGuide: Pipeline Reclamation, Feb. 2016

  • University of Wyoming Extension Bulletin - Native Plants and Adapted Seeds for Reclamation. B-1256 June 2014

• A link to a Canadian website for restoration of the native grassland ecosystems of southwestern Alberta. Lots of info from the "Foothills Restoration Forum" researchers. Of particular interest is an article in the group's February 2010 newsletter regarding "Potential Movement Corridors for Small Mammals" across pipelines.  http://www.foothillsrestorationforum.ca/ 
• Espeland, Erin. 2014. Choosing a reclamation seed mix to maintain rangelands during energy development in the Bakken. Rangelands. 36(1): 25-28. 
• New link for landowner resources in North Dakota.
• Presentation links for the 2nd Annual North Dakota Reclamation Conference held February 24-25, 2014 will be made available here in the near future.
• New link for presentation on changes in North Dakota's pipeline laws affecting surface owners. 

RECLAMATION OVERVIEWS

• "Introduction and Planning of Reclamation" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; DSU website) Pete Stahl, Wyoming Restoration & Reclamation Center (3/5/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 751 KB)
• "Interim Reclamation on Oil Well Sites in North Dakota" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; DSU website) Nelson Klitzka, WPX 
• "Final Reclamation of Oil Well Sites in North Dakota" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; DSU website) Brian Kempenich, Whiting Petroleum 
• Technical bulletins on planting procedures, baseline data collection, soils management, wildlife considerations, and monitoring techniques: https://www.wyoextension.org/publications
• ND Department of Trust LandsMike Brand, Director, Surface Management Division (3/5/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 587)
• Bureau of Land Management, Miles City Field OfficeDan Benoit, Geologist (3/5/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 1.8 MB) 

SOILS AND RECLAMATION

• "It Starts with the Soil" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 5.4 MB), Soil management and linear disturbances (3/5/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 7.4 MB), Brenda Schladweiler, BKS Environmental 
• "Recovery of Soil Health Parameters in Reclaimed Lands" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation) Abbey Wick, NDSU
• "Erosion Control and Soil Re-spread Depths" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; DSU website) Jay Volk, BNI Coal  
• "Rates of Soil Processes in Reclaimed Lands" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; DSU website) Eric Brevik, Dickinson State University 

REVEGETATION

• University of Wyoming Extension Bulletin 1256 - Native Plants and Adapted Seeds for Reclamation.

• Espeland, Erin. 2014. Choosing a reclamation seed mix to maintain rangelands during energy development in the Bakken. Rangelands. 36(1): 25-28.   (PDF; 106 KB)
• "Plant Species Selection and Source" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; DSU website) Wayne Duckwitz, Mandan, ND, Plant Materials Center 
• Seed Mixes & Native Plant Materials: Use the "Right Stuff" on the "Right Site"
  Susan Winslow, USDA-NRCS - Plant Materials Center, Bridger, MT (3/5/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 6.2 MB)
• Revegetation: Seeding Methods for Reclaiming Disturbed Lands
  Calvin Strom, UW, Asst. Dir., Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center (3/5/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 1.5 MB)
• "Current Research on Grassland Plantings" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; website) Jack Norland, NDSU 
• "Effect of Cover Crops on Perennial Grass Seedings"(2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; dsu website) Erin Espeland, USDA-ARS PMRU (for publication click here, PDF; 169 KB)
• NRCS Technical Resources; Planting methods, species to plant, seedbed preparation, post-reclamation weed control, and more: 
  http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/mt/technical/

WEED CONTROL

• "Controlling Invasive and Noxious Weeds in Western ND" (2/26/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; DSU website) Les Simnioniw, Billings County Weed Board 
• Weed and Grazing Management in Pipeline Reclamations, Erin Espeland, USDA-ARS-NPARL, Sidney, MT (3/5/2013 PowerPoint Presentation PDF; 852 KB)
• North Dakota noxious weed lists by state, county, plus city and county weed coordinator contact information:  https://www.nd.gov/ndda/plant-industries/noxious-weeds
• Identification of Montana's noxious weeds:  https://www.mtweed.org/weeds/weed-id 
• Management and ecology of invasive plant species: 
  https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/units/invasivesecology/focus/invasive_species/invasive_insects_plants_diseases/
• NRCS Technical Resources;  Planting methods, species to plant, seedbed preparation, post-reclamation weed control, and much more: 
  www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/technical/ecoscience/invasive/
   

PAST WORKSHOPS

Dickinson, ND, February 25-26, 2020
Dickinson, ND, February 25-26, 2019

Dickinson, ND, February 20-21, 2018

Dickinson, ND, February 20-21, 2017
Dickinson, ND, February 22-23, 2016

Dickinson, ND, February 23-24, 2015

Dickinson, ND, February 24-25, 2014

Dickinson, ND, February 26, 2013

Sidney, MT, March 5, 2013

LINKS

North Dakota Pipeline Authority-Landowner Resources Page
Changes in North Dakota Pipeline Law (presentation to be posted soon)