WAASRS Featured in the Grain Exchange Spring Newsletter

We would like to thank The Grain Exchange for including WAASRS in their newsletter and we would also like to thank those who have already shared their concerns on the Well Site Reduction Pilot Program.

Drumheller Mail: Smith, McIver attend Wheatland surface rights group AGM

Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Municipal Affairs Ric McIver were in Standard on Tuesday, March 5 as guests to the Wheatland and Area Surface Rights Society (WAASRS)

Financial Post: Farmers fume as frustration mounts over oil companies' unpaid leases and rural taxes

Some companies look to cut costs by withholding payments to farmers and taxpayers end up footing the bill

Strathmore Times: Rural landowners uniting against lowered energy lease fees

A group of about 50 landowners met at the Crowfoot Community Centre on the evening of Aug. 4 to discuss energy companies unilaterally decreasing surface lease payments for gas wells on their properties.