From the Thursday, February 23, 2006 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
Montana finally has a seat at the table where the future of Canadian wildlands immediately north of Glacier National Park will be determined.
“British Columbia and Montana are actively working together,” said John vanDongen, “to share information on natural resource development proposals.”
The international cooperation, he predicted, will “build confidence and trust between our jurisdictions.”
VanDongen is minister of state for intergovernmental relations in British Columbia, and Wednesday he extended a formal invitation for Montana to join in discussions about energy development in the Canadian Flathead.
Various development proposals have emerged over the past 30 years, mostly centered around coal deposits located north of Glacier National Park. Downstream interests - and not a few Canadians - have long opposed mining in the Flathead's wild headwaters.
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