From the Friday, May 27, 2005 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
Gov. Brian Schweitzer has taken the biggest step yet toward resolving a transboundary water dispute between Montana and British Columbia, asking the U.S. State Department to initiate bi-national scientific review.
To date, several resolutions have been passed calling for a baseline study into the impact of energy development in Canada's Flathead Valley, but no direct appeal has been made to the State Department.
Schweitzer did so in a May 24 letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, asking that her office join with Canada's Foreign Affairs Department in requesting involvement by the International Joint Commission. The commission can only be engaged by referral from both federal governments.
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