As the Obama administration seeks to resolve outstanding issues, its Interior Department announced a settlement with Devon Energy to cancel its oil and gas leases in Montana on sacred Blackfeet Tribe lands.

According to Alaska Dispatch News, the exploration leases covered parts of the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark National Forest in northwest Montana, an expanse that covers a 130,000 acres surrounded by Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness and the Blackfeet Indian reservation.

The terms of the cancelation entitle Devon to a refund for all bids and other payments for a $206,058 total. Half of the refund will come from the Treasury Department and the other half will come from the state of Montana.

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