From the Wednesday, October 26, 2005 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
A Canadian mining company is proceeding with plans to develop a coal mine in British Columbia's Flathead Basin, heightening concerns about mining development expanding well before an adequate assessment of the basin's water, fisheries and wildlife can take place.
At a meeting in Fernie, B.C., last week, Cline Mining Co. officials confirmed plans to pursue a "small mines" permit that would allow extraction of up to 250,000 tons of coking coal annually from a site on Foisey Creek, a tributary to the North Fork Flathead River and Montana's Flathead Basin.
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