OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIALIZATION OF IDAHO

Risks vs. Rewards

C.A.I.A. IS A NON-PARTISAN IDAHO NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO REPRESENTING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC PROCESSES TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND CRITICAL RESOURCES

HEALTH IMPACTS

Human health risks
Harms to pets/stock/wildlife
Dangerous industry-related jobs
Public health/safety costs
Quality of life

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

Harm to precious water
Air and soil pollution
Earthquakes
Fire/explosions
Fracking/no fracking is moot

PROPERTY IMPACTS

Mortgage/insurance jeopardy
Do you have property rights??
Lease snags and negotiation
On public lands as well
What about alternatives?

FINANCIAL IMPACTS

How the taxpayer pays
Hidden costs/liabilities to cover
‘Forced pooling’ and you
What are ‘split estates’?
Loss of homes/values

A beautiful refuge on the Boise River in Ada County, already leased for future drilling and potential hydraulic fracturing, along with the next 38 river-miles all the way to the Oregon border, plus another 92 river-miles of the Payette and Snake Rivers in Idaho

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NEWS & UPCOMING EVENTS:

A WIN FOR IDAHO CITIZENS: On 4-23-19, the ID Oil & Gas Conservation Commission officially agreed to fed. Judge Winmill’s order to begin again with forced pooling (‘integration’) of Fruitland citizens in a 625-acre area (in Sections 9, 10, 15, & 16). This includes a requirement for landmen to garner new leases (or refusals) from all mineral rights holders in this segment… and for the IOGCC to settle on what criteria are to be used for determining whether the forced pooling is ‘just and reasonable’.

BE AWARE: ‘High Mesa Resources’ is an offshoot of Texas-based Alta Mesa that is now figuring in the oil&gas news in Idaho along with ‘AM Idaho’.

THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH:
C.A.I.A. public meeting @ the Eagle Public Library, 10am-noon – New to the issues? Want to help?:
Join us

WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS

STATE LEVEL:

> Educating public officials & the public about the threats to property and constitutional rights, public health and safety presented by SB 1339
> Participation in Idaho Dept. of Lands negotiated rulemaking sessions related to the State’s Oil & Gas Program
> Contested the State’s ‘integration’ (forced pooling) of homeowners in Fruitland

COUNTY LEVEL:

> Working to get truly protective oil & gas ordinance passed in affected Idaho counties
> Led the effort to establish baseline water testing in Gem County prior to drilling
> Hosting public educational forums about the community, administrative, and personal effects of gas & oil leasing and activities

CITY LEVEL:

> Encouraging Idaho cities likely to be affected by oil & gas development to enact protective ordinances
> Discussions with city officials about the civic impacts of the gas & oil industry
> Presentations to Eagle City Council on the advent of oil & gas development in Ada County and the rest of Idaho (see >video< of special 10/2015 meeting granted to CAIA)

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