Firm Publications

Peter A. Bjork

  • “Land Practices of Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota Relating to the Production and Development of Oil and Gas,” The Public Land and Resources Law Digest, Volume 35, No.1 (1998)
  • “Coal vs. Gas: Who Gets the Mine and Who Gets the Shaft,” 38 Public Land & Res L. Digest, No.1 (2001)

Laura Lindley

  • “A Roadmap to the Administrative Appeals Process,” 34 Rocky Mt. Min. Law Inst. 14-1 (1988)
  • “Participating Areas,” Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Pooling and Unitization II, Paper No. 13A Rocky Mt. Min. Law Fdn. (1990)
  • “Of Teapot Dome, Wind River and Fort Chaffee: Federal Oil and Gas Resources,” 10 Natural Resources and Environment 21 (1995)
  • “Non-Endangered Wildlife and Mineral Operations-Opportunities and Obligations”, 42 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 12-1 (1996)
  • “The Life Cycle of a Federal Unit”, Onshore Pooling and Unitization, Paper No. 14 Rocky Mt. Min. L. (1997)
  • “The Alternatives Analysis,” The NEPA Litigation Guide (Amer. Bar Ass'n, 1999)
  • “NEPA and Federal Land Use Planning,” Public Land Law III, Rocky Mt.Min.L.Fdn. (2003)
  • “Formal and DeFacto Federal Land Withdrawals and their Impacts on Oil and Gas and Mining Development in the Western States,” 48 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 25-1 (2002)

David R. Little

  • “Regulatory Takings – Recent Developments Affecting Mineral Resources,” 41 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal 147 (2004)
  • “Regulatory Takings,” 20 DAPL Rocky Mtn. Landman No. 5, 4 (Jan. 2002)

Robert C. Mathes

  • “Formal and DeFacto Federal Law Withdrawals and their Impacts on Oil and Gas and Mining Development in the Western States,” 48 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 25-1 (2002)
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Law of Federal Oil and Gas Leases, Author Chapter 15 - Surface Management Requirements and Special Stipulations (2002 - 2011)
  • “Continued Controversy: The Court’s and the IBLA’s Challenges to Coalbed Natural Gas Development,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal, Vol 42, No. 1 (2005)

Darin B. Scheer

  • “Drill First, Ask Questions Later: The Remedies Available to Non-Operators Under Joint Operating Agreements,” 20 DAPL Rocky Mt. Landman 8 (2002)
  • “Rogers v. Westerman: At the Well, Just Ain't What It Used to Be,” AAPL Landman (March/April 2002)

Kathleen C. Schroder

  • “Competitive Leasing and Protest Procedures for Federal Oil and Gas Leases,” 24 DAPL Rocky Mt. Landman 3 (2007)
  • “Clean Air, Hazy Law: The Emerging Interplay between NEPA, FLPMA, and the Clean Air Act,” 55 Rocky Mt. Min. Law Inst. 14-1 (2009) (with Jennifer L. Biever)
  • “Air Quality Issues Affecting Oil and Gas Leasing and Development,” 27 DAPL Rocky Mt. Landman 8 (2009)
  • “An Overview of Federal Leasing Reforms,” 28 DAPL Rocky Mt. Landman 16 (2010)

Ann M. Eastburn

  • Denver Regional Council of Governments. “Tri-County Airport Reliever Feasibility Study” (1988)
  • “Payment of Royalties on Take-or-Pay Settlements,” 13 DAPL Rocky Mtn. Landman No. 7, 7 (Mar. 1995)
  • “A Comparison Review of Oil and Gas Law in Texas, Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, Colorado and Utah,” 49 AAPL Landman No. 6, 27 (Nov./Dec. 2004)