From the Wednesday, July 20, 2005 online edition of the Golden Star of Golden, B.C., comes this interesting spin on coal mine development in the Canadian section of the North Fork watershed . . .
A meeting is being arranged between Premier Gordon Campbell and Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to clear up long-standing concerns about the environmental impact of coal exploration near the U.S. border.
An exploration permit issued to Sudbury-based Cline Mining Corp. has reignited concerns in Montana over the impact on the Flathead River watershed, which drains from the Kootenays into Montana's Flathead Lake.
Speaking to a meeting of a Flathead protection group last week, Schweitzer said he would like to tour the area with Campbell by air. "I'd like to meet him in Fernie," he said. "We'd eat some thick British Columbia steaks and sit down and talk."
Bill Bennett, B.C.'s minister of state for mining, says a meeting is in the works, and it should calm fears in Montana.
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