Archive for the 'Environmental Issues' Category

Dec 11 2008

Helicopter skiing proposal rejected — for now

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From the Thursday, December 11, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
The Stillwater State Forest, citing considerable public opposition, has denied a request to allow helicopter skiing on parts of the Whitefish Mountain Range.
Brian Manning, manager of the Stillwater and Coal Creek state forests, said his office received 316 comments, most [...]

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Dec 07 2008

More on BP’s Mist Mountain coalbed methane project

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As a follow-up to yesterday’s post regarding the Mist Mountain coalbed methane project, here are links to some additional information . . .
Our friends in Fernie, BC are not very happy about BP Canada’s plans. See the Citizens Concerned About Coalbed Methane site for details.
Wildsight posted a press release last Friday that does a good [...]

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Dec 06 2008

Canadian Flathead left out of natural-gas deal

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From the Saturday, December 6, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
BP Canada on Friday received natural-gas rights for a potential energy project in a segment of British Columbia watched closely by environmental activists in both the province and in Montana.
British Columbia granted the rights to BP for its proposed Mist [...]

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Dec 04 2008

B.C. coal mine threat to trans-border trout: Scientists

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Further information on the proposed Cline mine’s impact on bull trout from the Canada.com web site . . .
U.S. government scientists studying the Flathead River watershed straddling the B.C.-Montana border say they’ve discovered the prime spawning site for a threatened species of trout - on the Canadian side of the system, and in the very [...]

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Nov 28 2008

Canada: Mine planned atop habitat for bull trout

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From the Friday, November 28, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
A controversial Canadian coal mine, proposed high in the headwaters above Glacier National Park, would be built atop the most productive bull trout spawning habitat in the entire river basin.
“That site, immediately below the proposed mine site, is incredibly important bull trout [...]

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Nov 26 2008

Area residents looking at protection of the Flathead Valley in Southeast BC

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From the Tuesday, November 25, 2008 online edition of the Keremeos Review . . .
Seven out of ten Kootenay residents want to protect the Flathead River Valley as a national park, according to new polling results released today by Wildsight and Sierra Club BC. The poll, conducted by McAllister Opinion Research, found that 73 per [...]

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Nov 20 2008

Grizzly bears fared well this year

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From the Thursday, November 20, 2008 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
It’s been a fairly good year for grizzly bears in the greater Glacier Park area. This year 11 bears were killed due to human circumstances, according to figures provided by Chris Servheen, the grizzly bear recovery coordinator for the Northern [...]

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Nov 19 2008

Bull trout spawning strong in North Fork

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From the Wednesday, November 19, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
An annual survey of bull trout spawning activity has found higher redd counts in the North Fork Flathead Basin, and counts below average in the South Fork Flathead and Swan River drainages.
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This year’s count found that Trail Creek was the [...]

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Nov 08 2008

Yet another dust meeting

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Outgoing Flathead County Commissioner Gary Hall wants to have another meeting on the North Fork Road. This one, apparently, will concentrate on dust mitigation issues.

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Oct 16 2008

Keep heli-skiing out of North Fork

Published by nfpa under Commentary, Environmental Issues

John Frederick’s letter to Nicole Stickney of the Montana DNRC regarding the proposal to conduct heli-skiing on state lands in the Whitefish Range appeared in today’s Hungry Horse News in the Letters section . . .

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