Norton trying to buy mineral rights

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002

The Department of Interior is trying to buy the mineral rights of a Florida family whose plan to drill for oil in the Big Cypress National Preserve has been approved, Secretary Gale Norton said on Wednesday.

Norton made the announcement on her first official visit to the Everglades. Buying the rights would stop the exploration the Collier company has proposed for the preserve.

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U.S. moves to stop oil drilling at Big Cypress by buying mineral rights (The South Florida Sun-Sentinel 1/17)
Interior secretary pays visit to Glades (The Miami Herald 1/17)

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