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HuffPost
November 23, 2017
He cut two chains to enter a fenced enclosure in Coal Banks Landing in Montana to turn off the emergency shutoff valve on a Spectra Energy pipeline. The four other activists successfully shut off four pipelines in Minnesota, North Dakota and Washington state, thus temporarily halting the flow of Alberta tarÃÂ ...
KTVH
November 22, 2017
Leonard Higgins, who was charged with trespassing and turning off the valve at the Express Pipe Line in Coal Banks Landing in 2016, has been found guilty on two charges including one felony. The jury in Fort Benton returned guilty verdicts on Wednesday on charges of criminal trespassing and criminalÃÂ ...
Great Falls Tribune
November 21, 2017
FORT BENTON — A Corvallis, Ore. climate activist who turned off an oil pipeline valve near Coal Banks Landing and Virgelle last year as part of a four-state effort to raise awareness about climate change went on trial here Tuesday. Leonard Higgins, 65, is charged with trespassing and criminal mischief.
Great Falls Tribune
August 30, 2017
Nearby Coal Banks Landing has a popular campground. Terry, a teacher at Rocky Boy Agency, has operated the ferry, established in 1913, since 1992, and someone in her family has held the job since 1960. Her great-aunt and -uncle operated the Judith Landing ferry between Big Sandy and WinifredÃÂ ...
Corvallis Gazette Times
May 7, 2017
Fifteen minutes after that, Higgins broke into a fenced enclosure near Coal Banks Landing, Montana, and activated the emergency shutoff for Spectra Energy's Express Pipeline, and a quarter-hour later Ken Ward completed the mission at an enclosure near Anacortes by spinning the wheel on KinderÃÂ ...
The Missoulian
May 3, 2017
Founded in 1912 by Virgil and Ella Blankenbaker along the tracks of the Great Northern Railroad near Coal Banks Landing on the Upper Missouri, Virgelle (pronounced ver-JILL), served as a shipping point and commercial center for homesteaders who were flooding in to settle Chouteau County.
Billings Gazette
March 23, 2017
With the summer recreation season drawing near, the Bureau of Land Management has reopened the James Kipp and Coal Banks Landing recreation areas. These popular spots are available for the public to enjoy throughout the prime outdoor recreation months. Coal Banks Landing Recreation Area isÃÂ ...
Great Falls Tribune
October 12, 2016
Higgins closed the safety valve stopping the flow of oil in the Express Pipeline near Coal Banks Landing and Virgelle north of the Missouri River in Chouteau County on Tuesday. “We're in a state of emergency,” Higgins, referring to climate change, said in a video taken outside the fence of the pipelineÃÂ ...
The Missoulian
October 5, 2016
COAL BANKS LANDING – Whoever was in charge of picking tepee sites must have really liked Lone Tree Coulee. Circles of stones memorialize generations of Native American families who camped on this bluff overlooking the Missouri River. Modern travelers exchange the windswept view for a moreÃÂ ...
The Missoulian
June 8, 2016
Our trip started at Coal Banks Landing — located about 75 miles northeast of Great Falls — after a two-hour roundtrip car shuttle that put us on the water in early afternoon. Typically people camp at Coal Banks and start on the river in the morning, Kania said. They spend two nights and three days on theÃÂ ...
Billings Gazette
June 5, 2016
Our trip started at Coal Banks Landing — located about 75 miles northeast of Great Falls — after a two-hour roundtrip car shuttle that put us on the water in early afternoon. Typically people ... Kelsey Dayton canoed the Missouri River from Coal Banks Landing to Judith Landing in April. Courtesy of BLMÃÂ ...
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
November 17, 2017
... after calls to the pipeline company to safely stop the flow of oil, Higgins shut down the Spectra Express pipeline near Coal Banks Landing.
Great Falls Tribune
August 30, 2017
From Big Sandy, the next ferry was 14 miles south via U.S. Highway 87 (pavement, woo!), then onto the gravel roads to Coal Banks Landing ...
Billings Gazette
June 30, 2017
As the campground hosts at Coal Banks Landing will proudly tell you, people come from all over the world to float the river through the Upper ...
Helena Independent Record
June 26, 2017
Among the prairies of north-central Montana, we have a world-class outdoor destination. As the campground hosts at Coal Banks Landing will ...
KRTV Great Falls News
May 20, 2017
... only fish from the banks of the Missouri River, and the event-boundary spans from downtown Fort Benton to Coal Banks Landing near Loma.
Corvallis Gazette Times
May 7, 2017
Fifteen minutes after that, Higgins broke into a fenced enclosure near Coal Banks Landing, Montana, and activated the emergency shutoff for ...
The Missoulian
May 3, 2017
Founded in 1912 by Virgil and Ella Blankenbaker along the tracks of the Great Northern Railroad near Coal Banks Landing on the Upper ...
Billings Gazette
March 23, 2017
With the summer recreation season drawing near, the Bureau of Land Management has reopened the James Kipp and Coal Banks Landing ...
Great Falls Tribune
October 12, 2016
Higgins closed the safety valve stopping the flow of oil in the Express Pipeline near Coal Banks Landing and Virgelle north of the Missouri ...
The Missoulian
October 5, 2016
"So perfect indeed are those walls that I should have thought that nature had attempted here to rival the human art of masonry had I not ...
The Missoulian
June 8, 2016
Our trip started at Coal Banks Landing — located about 75 miles northeast of Great Falls — after a two-hour roundtrip car shuttle that put us on ...
HuffPost
December 31, 1999
He cut two chains to enter a fenced enclosure in Coal Banks Landing in Montana to turn off the emergency shutoff valve on a Spectra Energy ...
KTVQ Billings News
December 31, 1999
FORT BENTON - Leonard Higgins, who was charged with trespassing and turning off the valve at the Express Pipe Line in Coal Banks Landing ...
Great Falls Tribune
December 31, 1999
FORT BENTON — A Corvallis, Ore. climate activist who turned off an oil pipeline valve near Coal Banks Landing and Virgelle last year as part ...
Vauxhall Advance (blog)
July 27, 2017
We put in on the Missouri at a place called Coal Banks Landing, near the hamlet of Virgelle — a rustic little collection of tumble-down housesÃÂ ...
Albany Democrat Herald
July 15, 2017
... arrested on Oct. 11 for breaking into a fenced enclosure near Coal Banks Landing, Montana, and using an emergency shutoff valve to cut theÃÂ ...
Billings Gazette
June 30, 2017
As the campground hosts at Coal Banks Landing will proudly tell you, people come from all over the world to float the river through the UpperÃÂ ...
Helena Independent Record
June 26, 2017
Among the prairies of north-central Montana, we have a world-class outdoor destination. As the campground hosts at Coal Banks Landing willÃÂ ...
Corvallis Gazette Times
May 7, 2017
Higgins stands beside the emergency shutoff valve for the Spectra Energy Express Pipeline near Coal Banks Landing, Montana, on Oct. 11.
The Missoulian
May 3, 2017
Founded in 1912 by Virgil and Ella Blankenbaker along the tracks of the Great Northern Railroad near Coal Banks Landing on the UpperÃÂ ...
Billings Gazette
March 23, 2017
With the summer recreation season drawing near, the Bureau of Land Management has reopened the James Kipp and Coal Banks LandingÃÂ ...
Great Falls Tribune
October 12, 2016
Higgins closed the safety valve stopping the flow of oil in the Express Pipeline near Coal Banks Landing and Virgelle north of the MissouriÃÂ ...
The Missoulian
October 5, 2016
"So perfect indeed are those walls that I should have thought that nature had attempted here to rival the human art of masonry had I notÃÂ ...
Billings Gazette
June 5, 2016
Our trip started at Coal Banks Landing — located about 75 miles northeast of Great Falls — after a two-hour roundtrip car shuttle that put us onÃÂ ...
Great Falls Tribune
January 18, 2017
We do that float every year from Coal Banks Landing to Judith Landing." The 'Eye of the Needle' was a natural sandstone arch in the white cliffs section of the Missouri River that collapsed in 1997.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
December 13, 2016
With subzero temperatures sweeping across central Montana, the Bureau of Land Management has closed the James Kipp and Coal Banks Landing recreation areas for the winter season. Kipp and Coal Banks will reopen around April 1, depending on theÃÂ ...
RecorderDaily
October 15, 2016
Officials with Spectra Energy's Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Montana, say they received 20 minutes' warning from protesters and shut down the line.
Center for Research on Globalization
October 13, 2016
... Enbridge's line 4 and 67 in Leonard, Minnesota; TransCanada's Keystone pipeline in Walhalla, North Dakota; Spectra Energy's Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Montana; and Kinder-Morgan's Trans-Mountain pipeline in Anacortes, Washington.
Hydrocarbon Processing
October 13, 2016
TransCanada's Keystone pipeline in Walhalla, North Dakota, also saw protestors and closed a line near that location. Spectra Energy's Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Montana, closed as well in the face of protests. Together these pipelines ...
Ravalli Republic
October 14, 2016
COAL BANKS LANDING - Whoever was in charge of picking tepee sites must have really liked Lone Tree Coulee. Circles of stones memorialize generations of Native American families who camped on this bluff overlooking the Missouri River.
AlterNet
October 14, 2016
AMY GOODMAN: That was Leonard Higgins at the site of the Spectra Energy's Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Montana.
Hydrocarbon Processing
October 13, 2016
TransCanada's Keystone pipeline in Walhalla, North Dakota, also saw protestors and closed a line near that location. Spectra Energy's Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Montana, closed as well in the face of protests. Together these pipelines ...
Krapuul
October 12, 2016
WAAR: Enbridge line 4 and 67, Leonard, MN; TransCanada's Keystone pipeline, Walhalla, ND; Spectra Energy's Express pipeline, Coal Banks Landing, MT; Kinder-Morgan's Trans-Mountain pipeline, Anacortes, WA. WIE: Climate Direct Action zijn EmilyÃÂ ...
fox6now.com
October 12, 2016
NORTH DAKOTA -- Protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline have been ongoing in North Dakota for about two months -- and during that time, law enforcement officials in the area of Morton County, North Dakota have been on their own.
KARE
October 12, 2016
An Enbridge spokeswoman says the company regularly stops and starts its pipelines and reported "normal system operations" after the incident.
Great Falls Tribune
October 12, 2016
Higgins closed the safety valve stopping the flow of oil in the Express Pipeline near Coal Banks Landing and Virgelle north of the Missouri River in Chouteau County on Tuesday.
Free Speech Radio News
October 11, 2016
Leonard Higgins, one of five activists who shutdown all pipelines that transport tar sands oil into the U.S. as part of #ShutItDownToday, shut off Spectra Energy's Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, MT. Early Tuesday near the northern U.S. border ...
WEAU
October 11, 2016
An Enbridge spokeswoman says the company regularly stops and starts its pipelines and reported "normal system operations" after the incident.
KULR-TV
October 11, 2016
North Dakota's superintendent of public instruction says a school at the Dakota Access pipeline protest site is operating illegally and students should enroll at other schools until it meets state standards.
