Sep 15 2011
Newly available in digital form . . . “The North Fork: Living with Wildlife” is a joint NFLA/NFPA publication that outlines recommendations on how to live responsibly in wildlife habitat and suggests specific ways to minimize the chances of conflict with such animals as grizzly bears, black bears, mountain lions, wolves, coyotes, deer, elk and [...]
Jul 20 2011
For those of you who can’t wait on the mail, the North Fork Preservation Association Summer 2011 Newsletter is now available online in the Newsletters section of the website. Enjoy! Here’s a partial table of contents: Completing the “Gentleman’s Agreement” in the Trans-boundary Flathead – John Frederick U.S.-Canadian “Gentleman’s Agreement” To Protect Montana River – [...]
Dec 21 2010
(Note: This is the full text of a public letter signed by six former superintendents of Waterton and Glacier Parks encouraging the U.S. and Canadian governments to complete passage of legislation intended to enhance protections for the parks, including the U.S. North Flathead Protection Act currently stuck in a year-end Senate logjam.) One hundred years [...]
Jul 27 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee released the final report of the scientific mission study of threats to Waterton-Glacier Park. A press release posted to the Flathead Wild website has the highlights . . . A report commissioned by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is calling for a “conservation and wildlife management plan” for the transboundary [...]
Jul 21 2010
According to an email sent out yesterday afternoon by Pam Murray of PB Americas, the draft North Fork Road corridor study document is now available online and, for those of you traveling down-valley, on paper. (If you came late to the party, the corridor study is a $125K project looking at alternatives for improving the [...]
Jul 21 2010
For those of you who can’t wait on the mail, the North Fork Preservation Association Summer 2010 Newsletter is now available online in the Newsletters section of the website. Enjoy!
Jul 23 2009
For those of you who prefer your information raw and unfiltered, this page has links to the full text of Sen Jon Tester’s proposed “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” and to the associated “Proposed Land Designations” map: http://tester.senate.gov/Legislation/forestresources.cfm. A comfortable chair and beverage of choice recommended prior to reading.
Jul 18 2009
The Missoulian is all over Senator Jon Tester’s “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act” (mostly called “Tester’s wilderness bill” throughout the week). The big reveal was at a meeting in Townsend Friday afternoon. The Missoulian posted a basic write-up shortly thereafter, followed by two lengthier articles early Saturday morning. What’s the North Fork connection? The projects [...]
Oct 10 2008
One of the factors in the ongoing road maintenance debate is the impact of paving on increased land development and settlement. Headwaters Economics along with Chris Servheen of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Montana just released a report titled “Land Use Effects of Paving Rural Roads in Western Montana” that [...]
Oct 10 2008
The deadline for public comments on the proposal to allow helicopter skiing on state lands in the Whitefish Range expired today. Overall attitudes appear to range from cautious skepticism to outright hostility. One of the lengthier responses was an 18-page missive submitted by the Rocky Mountain Region Office of Defenders of Wildlife, covering everything from [...]
