From the Wednesday, June 6, 2007 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
The prospect of coal bed methane mining in the Canadian Flathead has once again raised its head.
On May 15 officials from British Petroleum sent Gov. Brian Schweitzer a letter saying it was “undertaking an evaluation of the potential development of coalbed natural gas resources in the Crowsnest coal field, located within the Elk River Valley in southeastern British Columbia.”
What the letter doesn't say, however, is that the Crowsnest Coal Field also spills well into the Canadian Flathead as well.
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