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It feels backwards to be thinking about November crew housing in the middle of a July Bakken summer, but that disconnect is exactly what works in your favor if you act on it now. Companies and crew coordinators who lock in fall and winter housing reservations in July are working

If you’re a crew coordinator, a workforce housing manager, or an operator trying to line up sites for a rotation coming into the Bakken this summer, you’ve probably already noticed it: July is genuinely the hardest month of the year to find available RV and crew housing capacity in the

Watford City sits in one of the darkest, clearest stretches of night sky remaining in the continental United States, and July gives you the added advantage of warm nights that make actually staying outside past dark comfortable rather than a cold-weather endurance test. The Milky Way isn’t a faint smudge

The Bakken in July surprises people who haven’t experienced it. The image most people carry of North Dakota is cold and gray — which is fair for nine months of the year. July is different. Watford City in midsummer runs upper 80s to low 90s°F, with direct sun on the

Lake Sakakawea is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States — 178 miles long, covering 307,000 acres when full pool, and extending through the Missouri River corridor all the way up into McKenzie County where the upper arms reach toward Watford City. The lake is effectively the Bakken’s