The top story in the Saturday, June 25, 2005 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
[This is yet another first-rate piece of work by Michael Jamison. The full article includes a tidy summary of past and present diplomatic initiatives regarding transboundary water quality. Recommended.]
After months of missives volleying back and forth across the international border, Montana's governor is thinking it might be time for a face-to-face chat with his counterpart in British Columbia.
"Maybe now it's time to set up a meeting between the governor and the premier," said Mike Volesky. "We've been talking about that, and it's something I think we'd like to see happen."
Volesky, who is natural resources policy adviser to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, met Friday with members of the Flathead Basin Commission. The commission was created in 1983 by the Montana Legislature, charged with monitoring and protecting Flathead water quality.
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