Post by Logan on Mar 20, 2016 1:35:10 GMT -6
STANLEY – The oil industry brought Kathryn Hilton to North Dakota, but for a different reason than most people.
The South Carolina native calls herself the Bakken Resister, and she moved to North Dakota to help landowners affected by oil and gas development.
Hilton, 27, was working with residents dealing with gas development in the Marcellus shale of Pennsylvania when she started to hear about impacts from oil development in North Dakota.
“There weren’t many groups who were providing on-the-ground assistance for people who had had their lives turned upside down from this industry that came in,” Hilton said. “I felt this would be a good place for me to come and offer what skills I have.”
Read more: bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/bakken-resister-lends-her-voice-to-n-d-landowners/article_31826892-1711-5d73-9eb7-9d5f5b697aa3.html
The South Carolina native calls herself the Bakken Resister, and she moved to North Dakota to help landowners affected by oil and gas development.
Hilton, 27, was working with residents dealing with gas development in the Marcellus shale of Pennsylvania when she started to hear about impacts from oil development in North Dakota.
“There weren’t many groups who were providing on-the-ground assistance for people who had had their lives turned upside down from this industry that came in,” Hilton said. “I felt this would be a good place for me to come and offer what skills I have.”
Read more: bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/bakken-resister-lends-her-voice-to-n-d-landowners/article_31826892-1711-5d73-9eb7-9d5f5b697aa3.html