Monthly Archives: July 2007

Ban on campfires takes effect today

From the Monday, July 30, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .

Starting today, new fire restrictions will prohibit all campfires across Northwest Montana.

Stage Two fire restrictions will apply to all lands under the protection of the Montana Department of Natural Resources, the Flathead and Kootenai national forests and Glacier National Park, along with Lake, Sanders, Lincoln and Flathead counties. The restrictions also apply to lands managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Bob Marshall Wilderness will remain under Stage One fire restrictions, which allow campfires in designated areas.

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Montana

From the Thursday, July 26, 2007 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .

I live almost equally between the Flathead Valley of Montana and the East Kootenays of British Columbia, and have been involved in conservation efforts in the Kootenays for more than 30 years. Consequently, I was bitterly amused to read a recent letter to the Flathead Beacon