Jun 22 2009
Here’s an excellent article — with video — that appeared in today’s Missoulian . . . Glacier National Park and its neighbor to the north are endangered by mining proposals, and the international community must intervene to protect the region’s natural and cultural heritage. That’s the message being delivered this week by tribal leaders, community [...]
Jun 21 2009
The Flathead Beacon posted a short “Places” article on Polebridge today . . . If you’re looking for a quiet place to enjoy just outside Glacier National Park, head up the road to Polebridge for a truly Montana experience. Located one mile from the northwestern entrance to the park, the Polebridge Mercantile and Northern Lights [...]
Jun 21 2009
Today’s top story in the online edition of the Missoulian is about the new owners of the Polebridge Mercantile. It even includes a short video! Here’s the lede . . . Dan Kaufman has long lived in the cozy rooms upstairs, where fresh-baked smells have soaked the warm walls. But now, he’s moving out. The [...]
Jun 21 2009
From today’s online edition of the Missoulian . . . The state of conservation at two Northern Rockies national parks near a place eyed for possible coal mining will be reviewed by a UNESCO committee meeting in Spain this week. Groups that say Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, consisting of a U.S. park and a Canadian [...]
Jun 14 2009
From yesterday’s online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . . When the national scenic trails system was created four decades ago, the goal was to build a walking path across the United States. That goal came closer to reality in March, when President Obama signed a bill creating the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail [...]
Jun 09 2009
All kinds of good information was presented at last weekend’s North Fork Landowners’ Association meeting. Most of this material will no doubt show up on their web site or in the newsletter, but one item needs broader distribution. Stuart Reiswig and Flannery Coats, the new owners of the Polebridge Mercantile, announced that they hope to [...]
Jun 03 2009
Looks like we are finally getting some hard numbers on stimulus fund spending for the Flathead National Forest — not to mention an actual project list. From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday that more than $228 million in stimulus funds will be used to improve U.S. Forest [...]
Jun 03 2009
From today’s online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . . A coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the recent delisting of gray wolves in Montana and Idaho, raising some of the same legal issues that blocked delisting last year. But there is a new twist in the litigation — the [...]
Jun 01 2009
The Flathead Coalition is less than amused at BP-Canada’s approach to environmental science. They don’t think much of British Columbia’s fox-guarding-the-henhouse rules for conducting environmental studies, either. A press release pubished today by Citizens Concerned About Coalbed Methane summarizes the issue . . . The Flathead Coalition announced today that its internal evaluation of BP-Canada [...]
Jun 01 2009
It looks like the snowpack is melting off in an orderly fashion this year. From yesterday’s online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . . Despite slower-than-usual runoff, officials say Flathead Lake is on pace to reach full pool by mid-June. The one thing that can push that back – and did, just last year [...]
