Dec 23 2010
This is actually a pretty good article from today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . A zoning proposal to limit the size of extractive industries on private land in the North Fork has failed for a second time to win approval from the Flathead County commissioners. A motion made on Wednesday by Commissioner Joe Brenneman [...]
Oct 20 2010
Despite broad-based support from North Fork residents and landowners, the Flathead County Commissioners decided not to decide on a zoning amendment that would restrict the size of “extractive industries” (gravel pits, basically) in the North Fork. The Daily Inter Lake has a good write-up, including a fair bit of background information . . . A [...]
Oct 17 2010
The Flathead County Commissioners will consider a zoning change for the North Fork District this Tuesday concerning “extractive industries.” For the North Fork, this amounts to regulating the size of gravel pit operations. The proposed zoning regulation would limit gravel operations on private land (the county has no jurisdiction over the feds) to five acres [...]
Aug 19 2010
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The Flathead County Planning Board last week recommended limiting the size of extractive industries in the North Fork, but took pains to disassociate itself from a much-publicized memorandum of understanding between Gov. Brian Schweitzer and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell. That memorandum, signed earlier this year, calls [...]
