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To air on Montana Morning News July 6
Transcript
INTRO:
THE CLEANUP IS CONTINUING ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR BILLINGS WHERE AN EXXON MOBIL OIL PIPELINE BURST OVER THE WEEKEND SPEWING AN ESTIMATED 42-THOUSAND GALLONS OF CRUDE INTO THE WATER.
MONTANA PUBLIC RADIO’S EMILIE RITTER SAYS IT’S STILL UNCLEAR JUST HOW FAR REACHING DAMAGE FROM THE SPILL WILL BE…
SCRIPT:
CATHY WILLIAMS AND HER HUSBAND JERRY OWN 800 ACRES OF RIVERSIDE RANCHLAND IN LAUREL, NEAR THE SITE OF THE BROKEN PIPE.
THEY HAVE THREE HOMES ON THE PROPERTY, SEVERAL HORSES, COWS, AND CROP LAND.
WILLIAMS SAYS HER BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS NOT BEING ABLE TO IRRIGATE SPRING WHEAT AND ALFALFA CROPS…WHICH IS HER FAMILY’S MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME.
WILLIAMS: “It’s definitely a huge, huge mess and affects farmers and ranchers and livestock, wildlife obviously have been impacted – and at our place we have so much lowland that is wet and flooded, we haven’t even been able t...
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INTRO:THE CLEANUP IS CONTINUING ALONG THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER NEAR BILLINGS WHERE AN EXXON MOBIL OIL PIPELINE BURST OVER THE WEEKEND SPEWING AN ESTIMATED 42-THOUSAND GALLONS OF CRUDE INTO THE WATER.
MONTANA PUBLIC RADIO’S EMILIE RITTER SAYS IT’S STILL UNCLEAR JUST HOW FAR REACHING DAMAGE FROM THE SPILL WILL BE…
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