Jul 27 2011
This week, Larry reports on last weekend’s auction at Sondreson Hall and previews some of the other activities scheduled for the next few weeks . . . The auction at Sondreson Hall last weekend had more than one goal. First was to revive an old tradition. Second was to provide a community experience by hosting [...]
Jul 25 2011
From today’s Missoulian . . . The congressional rider removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection faces a court challenge in Missoula on Tuesday. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians together claim Congress violated the U.S. Constitution’s separation of powers doctrine when it [...]
Jul 24 2011
The University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station is holding an open house on Tuesday, August 2, from 1 to 5 p.m. The open house includes several hands-on activities, demonstration boat trips on the Jessie B and a number of new research displays, including one on “North Fork Conservation.” See their flyer or check out [...]
Jul 23 2011
From a newsletter sent out yesterday by Headwaters Montana . . . We need your help. Do you have just one day this summer to spend at spectacular Logan Pass to help complete the world’s first Peace Park: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park? Last summer Headwaters Montana sponsored volunteers at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park [...]
Jul 23 2011
If you are concerned about invasive plant species — noxious weeds — there are plenty of opportunities to do something about it within the next few weeks. The North Fork Landowners’ Association has two “weed roundup” events scheduled. The first, on Tuesday, July 26, will concentrate on the area from the border to Ford Station; [...]
Jul 23 2011
From yesterday’s Missoulian . . . Carolyn Sime, a pioneer in wolf management in Montana, is leaving her job with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks in order to pursue a law degree. “After 10 years of late-night phone calls, ranch meetings and 20 years of game check stations, I’m ready to try something new,” Sime [...]
Jul 20 2011
The Hungry Horse News has a short article on all the excitement 60 years ago surrounding oil exploration efforts in the North Fork just over the line in Canada at Sage Creek . . . Large headlines in August 1951 declared oil drilling would start in the North Fork. This was exciting news with hopes [...]
Jul 20 2011
In this week’s column, Larry Wilson covers a broad range of topics, including the Border Patrol’s seemingly excessive secrecy about their operations . . . It has been another action-packed, fun-filled week on the North Fork, with community service, educational, informative and just plain fun social events. The biggest gathering was for the interlocal meeting, [...]
Jul 20 2011
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . Larry Leger and Sharon Knight, of Louisiana, came up Glacier National Park on a tour of the West. With the Going-to-the-Sun Road closed over Logan Pass at the time, they decided to extend their stay, traveling to Canada and then Yellowstone National Park. “We delayed our departure [...]
Jul 20 2011
The North Fork Preservation Association Annual Meeting is coming up soon — Saturday, July 30 — with some significant administrative changes to discuss and a very interesting presentation in the queue. At the January board of directors meeting it was decided to add two new board member positions (an increase from nine to eleven) as [...]
