When no one spoke up, Zephyr nodded to Noah who began to hand out what appeared to be a map of the pack’s territory. Two areas were marked off in colour. Nielle studied it with interest, wondering what the significance of the coloured regions might be. After the maps had been distributed, Noah began to explain.
“I’ve given each of you a map so that you can see the exact areas in question. The section outlined in red indicates where Northern Oil wants to do its exploratory drilling. It’s close to several underground streams and could possibly result in the contamination of our ground water and thus our wells. In addition, in order to bring in the needed equipment, several large tracts of land would have to be cleared and temporary roads constructed. As you can see, it is a significant area
