From the Thursday, February 21, 2008 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .
With the peaks of Glacier National Park visible through the window, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus told a crowd at Flathead Valley Community College Thursday that British Petroleum is dropping its plans for coal-bed methane exploration in the headwaters of the North Fork of the Flathead River in British Columbia. Baucus said he received a phone call earlier in the day from Robert Malone, chairman and president of BP America, informing him that the company was backing off.
"I think it’s basically because we all worked very hard to prevent that from happening," Baucus said. "I take this very personally."
The Democratic senator, now running for a sixth term, made the announcement at a town hall-style meeting, and was joined by Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. Also present were several scientists and conservation group leaders who have been campaigning against the proposed energy development in the region north of Glacier Park since BP first announced its plans in May of last year.
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