Nov 28 2008
From the Friday, November 28, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
A controversial Canadian coal mine, proposed high in the headwaters above Glacier National Park, would be built atop the most productive bull trout spawning habitat in the entire river basin.
“That site, immediately below the proposed mine site, is incredibly important bull trout [...]
Nov 26 2008
From the Tuesday, November 25, 2008 online edition of the Keremeos Review . . .
Seven out of ten Kootenay residents want to protect the Flathead River Valley as a national park, according to new polling results released today by Wildsight and Sierra Club BC. The poll, conducted by McAllister Opinion Research, found that 73 per [...]
Nov 25 2008
From the Tuesday, November 24, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
When Glacier National Park celebrates its big birthday in 2010, not a few folk are hoping the 100 candles on the centennial cake will be arranged in the shape of a giant “W.”
That’s capital “W,” as in formal wilderness status, a designation [...]
Nov 20 2008
From the Thursday, November 20, 2008 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
It’s been a fairly good year for grizzly bears in the greater Glacier Park area. This year 11 bears were killed due to human circumstances, according to figures provided by Chris Servheen, the grizzly bear recovery coordinator for the Northern [...]
Nov 19 2008
From the Wednesday, November 19, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
An annual survey of bull trout spawning activity has found higher redd counts in the North Fork Flathead Basin, and counts below average in the South Fork Flathead and Swan River drainages.
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This year’s count found that Trail Creek was the [...]
Nov 16 2008
Another road article. (Somebody tell a joke or something. This is getting monotonous.)
From the November 16, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
Sen. Verdell Jackson, R-Kalispell, has been pondering Flathead County’s road problems, and he recently came up with proposed remedies he will pursue in the upcoming legislative session.
He has had [...]
Nov 08 2008
Outgoing Flathead County Commissioner Gary Hall wants to have another meeting on the North Fork Road. This one, apparently, will concentrate on dust mitigation issues.
Nov 01 2008
Not strictly North Fork related, but of interest to a lot of North Forkers, the Daily Inter Lake reports that Sykes’ Grocery & Market was sold to Mike and Mary McFarland on October 9. They plan to keep the operation more or less the same.
Read the article . . .
