Dec 10 2009
Yet another potential threat to the Transboundary Flathead: The Missoulian reports that significant gold deposits have been discovered at the Crowsnest field in the Canadian Flathead, about 10 miles north of the border . . . A Canadian mining company, digging for gold just north of Glacier National Park, has discovered a significant deposit, and [...]
Dec 04 2009
From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . If a picture is worth a thousand words, a group of conservation photographers is giving the Flathead an ample voice as an exhibit on the values of and threats to the valley heads to Washington D.C. Read the entire story . . .
Dec 04 2009
Folks, you have got to check out the photos from Chris Peterson’s “100 days in Glacier National Park” project. Related reading/viewing . . . Lido Vizutti of the Flathead Beacon has a nice write-up. Boston.com’s “The Big Picture” section has a nice selection from the series at somewhat better resolution than the ones in Chris [...]
Dec 03 2009
From today’s Missoulian . . . The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks claims wolves are recovered sufficiently to be delisted from the federal Endangered Species Act. “The delisting of this population in Montana is a well-deserved victory for the ESA,” attorneys for FWP wrote in a brief filed in a federal lawsuit filed [...]
Dec 03 2009
From yesterday’s Missoulan . . . U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s plan to both create more wilderness and mandate more logging is going to get a Senate hearing. The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests will look at the “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” on Dec. 17. Read the entire article . . .
Dec 03 2009
An update on some North Fork history posted to yesterday’s Flathead Beacon . . . The man responsible for a 1979 murder in Polebridge has been denied parole. J.R. Fletcher had a parole hearing on Tuesday. The 59-year old Fletcher was convicted of stabbing Roy Cooper to death and sentenced to 100 years in prison. [...]
