From the Wednesday, February 16, 2005 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
Gov. Brian Schweitzer is asking the Canadians to do a baseline environmental assessment of the Canadian Flathead before commencing with coal mines in the region.
Schweitzer made the request in a letter to British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell last week.
"We support the concept of a comprehensive environmental and socio-economic baseline assessment of the transboundary region prior to new fossil fuel development," Schweitzer said in the Feb. 7 letter.
British Columbia gave a permit to the Cline Mining Corp. in November to do exploratory work in the Foisey Creek drainage about 31 miles north of the border. Foisey Creek is a tributary of the Canadian Flathead -- known as the North Fork here in the U.S. . .
The Flathead River Basin Commission will also look at the latest Canadian mine prospect at its Feb. 22 meeting. At least one provincial official is expected to be there to give an update.
The meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Central School Museum, 124 Second Avenue East, in downtown Kalispell.
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