That's the question raised in this article by the WSJ: "As energy companies race to lock up every available oil-producing acre, the state of North Dakota has been leasing mineral rights to the land beneath and along the river. Now, landowners say they deserve a share of the tens of millions of dollars in proceeds, because the state is including shoreline areas they believe belong to them."
Pretty interesting. Read it all.
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