North Dakota Oil Boom Brings Worry to National Park in the Badlands

InsideClimate News
Nov 4, 2013, 8:08 am42 pts
(Los Angeles Times) Animals that live in the sparsely populated Badlands are seeing their habitat threatened, conservationists say. In addition to oil and light pollution, critics say, as many as 1,000 trucks a day kick up heavy dust on dirt roads made for light residential and tourist traffic. Winthrop…

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