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 [...]
Tags: gravel roads, land development, paving, road maintenance, rural roads
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 [...]
Tags: Defenders of Wildlife, heli-skiing, Whitefish Range
Sep
11
2007
In a Washington D.C. meeting with executives for British Petroleum, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., issued his harshest rebukes yet for BP’s coalbed methane exploration proposal in the Canadian Flathead.
Tags: BC, BP, BP Canada, British Columbia, British Petroleum, Canadian Flathead, coal-bed methane, coalbed methane, Mist Mountain Project