Presentation on mining’s threat to Flathead water quality on Feb 9th in Polson
From yesterday’s Missoulian . . . University of Montana professor Ric Hauer will discuss threats to the water quality of Flathead Lake and the Flathead River at the next program sponsored by the...
View ArticleWildlife protection will require collaboration, Western governors told
Posted late yesterday evening to the Missoulian . . . No park is an island. That was the message from Whitefish, where governors from Western states met early this week to discuss, among other things,...
View ArticleMining ban on North Fork federal lands clears Senate committee
Posted early this morning to the Missoulian’s website . . . A measure that would ban federal-land mining along Glacier National Park’s western edge has passed a major Senate hurdle, and has been...
View ArticleLarry Wilson: A short water quality history
Larry gives a little background on the efforts over the years to reach agreement on water quality issues between British Columbia and Montana . . . Every North Forker is painfully aware that British...
View ArticlePlaying catch-up: Wolves, fish and water quality
Your friendly web-slinger was away on an extended road trip, so we’re playing catch-up. Here’s the first clutch of articles about significant events over the past couple of weeks . . . Elk River...
View ArticleFeds to spend $30M on forest restoration projects
The USDA is kicking off a number of forest restoration project this year. There’s nothing major in this neighborhood, apparently, but that may change in subsequent years . . . The U.S. Department of...
View ArticleB.C. coal mining pollutants increase in Montana watershed
In case anyone wonders why it was so important to oppose resource extraction activities in the transboundary Flathead watershed, just take a look at events in the nearby Elk River drainage . . . With...
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Flathead Wild and Scenic River water quality meeting May 16th
North Fork of the Flathead River – ©Mark LaRowe The next in a series of meetings on developing a comprehensive river management plan for the three forks of the Flathead River is scheduled for May16. It...
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