http://www.gravel.org News and information about the NFPA and the North Fork of the Flathead River Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:16:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new year, a new site banner. This image was contributed by Oliver Meister of the North Fork Hostel. It shows a view from the river of the back yard of the hostel. The North Fork was frozen over and Oliver walked out onto the ice to get the photo. http://www.gravel.org/2009/01/02/a-new-year-a-new-banner/ Wouldn't you know? The end of the year and the beginning of a new one brings yet another road article. This one isn't about dust or potholes or snow removal, though. It seems that several sections of Flathead County roads, including the North Fork Road, do not actually have easements ... http://www.gravel.org/2009/01/01/an-illegal-road-home/ Our nice, wintry site banner is provided courtesy of Rachel Potter. This photo was taken on the road to Big Prairie, looking across the North Fork of the Flathead River towards the Whitefish Range. http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/14/new-site-banner-photo/ From the Saturday, December 13, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . . If you live in the far reaches of Flathead County, don't hold your breath waiting for the snowplow to come. The county road department has 8.5 fewer full-time employees to handle the road maintenance load this ... http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/13/county-staff-shortage-affects-snowplowing/ 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 ... http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/11/helicopter-skiing-proposal-rejected-for-now/ 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 ... http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/07/more-on-bps-mist-mountain-coalbed-methane-project/ John Frederick reports . . . Some of you never had the chance to meet Roy Duff because he hasn't been to his cabin on Moose Creek for a long time. He died November 14. When I saw Roy Duff, he used to say in a high-pitched voice out of the side ... http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/07/roy-duff/ 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 ... http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/06/canadian-flathead-left-out-of-natural-gas-deal/ The Thursday, December 4, 2008 online edition of the Hungry Horse News included a report on the November 20th meeting concerning the North Fork Road called by Commissioner Gary Hall. It is an interesting read. Although the meeting concentrated mostly on dust remediation and funding issues, there was another little ... http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/05/county-sets-aside-100000-for-dusty-roads/ 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 ... http://www.gravel.org/2008/12/04/bc-coal-mine-threat-to-trans-border-trout/