While Memorial Day has come and gone, Ortonville Township continues to hold the line with its interim ordinance as its board writes zoning rules. Meanwhile, news of the Strata Corporation v. Cowboy Clark Mastel continues to spread throughout the corporation’s back yard in North Dakota. The May 25 Farm Forum, that familiar “Green Sheet” widely … Continue reading »
Krista’s feature, Ortonville Township vs. Strata Corporation; Corporate Juggernaut, Planning Commission Ignore Public Opposition is online at Fargo’s High Plains Reader. Read the whole thing at the Reader. Here’s a taste, along with more of Krista’s moving photos of rancher Clark Mastel: Upriver and across the continental divide in Big Stone County, Minnesota, Strata Corporation … Continue reading »
Friends of Clark Mastel are excited about the news that tomorrow’s High Plains Reader will publish a feature about the Ortonville Township Angus rancher’s struggle over Strata Corporation’s plans to open a three-phrase blast and crush granite quarry on the pasture he’s rented for 33 years. Published right in Strata Corporation’s back yard, Fargo’s High … Continue reading »
Shock continues to grow in Big Stone County and beyond as word gets around about the letter, (pdf here) that Strata drafted for rancher Clark Mastel to sign, renouncing his public statements about the big mining corporation’s blast and crush project. When Clark didn’t sign, he, his family, and 800 head of Angus cattle were … Continue reading »
The West Central Tribune reports in Conditional use permit approved for quarry in Big Stone County, Minn.: The Big Stone County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a conditional use permit Tuesday for a controversial quarry project on the edge of the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. The vote on Tuesday morning provides a conditional use … Continue reading »
It’s another windy day in Big Stone County. Anyone driving in from the east on Highway 7 could see the particulates being kicked up into the air at the existing quarries. A couple of weeks ago on another, less windy day, we shot some video at one of the quarries. Check out the contrast of that location with … Continue reading »
