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SW: →Montana Land Board Faces Opposition: ref fix
In March of 2010 Helena's ''Independent Record'' held a readers' poll to gauge support for the Otter Creek lease. The question was as follows: “Do you agree with the Land Board’s decision to approve leasing 570 million tons of state-owned coal for development into a mine in southeastern Montana’s Otter Creek Valley for 15 centers per ton? Seventy-five percent of the responses, 248 of them, were “no.” The other 25 percent of the responses to the unscientific poll, 84 votes, were “yes.”<ref>[http://www.helenair.com/news/article_627697aa-3af6-11df-92fd-001cc4c002e0.html "Most against Otter Creek leasing"] ''Independent Record'', March 29, 2010.</ref>
In August 2012 the Montana Land Board agreed to take public comment on the $3.5 million bid received from [[Signal Peak Energy]] to lease more state coal at the mine site. Several coal opponents coal opponents argued at the board meeting that the elected officials should do more to stop coal development.<ref>[http://newsok.com/coal-opponents-chastise-land-board/article/feed/413988#ixzz22VosOqxo "Coal opponents chastise land board"] Associated Press, August 3, 2012.</ref>
===Opposition to Governor Schweitzer's Otter Creek Position===
