Aug
19
2010
Dave Hadden, director of Headwaters Montana, Robin Steinkraus, executive director of the Flathead Lakers and Will Hammerquist, program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association’s Glacier Field Office have a nice commentary piece in today’s Flathead Beacon . . . Here in Montana, August brings us the county fair and farm harvests. And this year [...]
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, British Columbia, Dave Hadden, Flathead Lake, Flathead Lakers, Gordon Campbell, Headwaters Montana, Jon Tester, Max Baucus, memorandum of understanding, North Fork Flathead River, NPCA, Robin Steinkraus, Will Hammerquist
Jul
18
2010
From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . Accepting the Flathead Lakers’ 2010 Stewardship Award for signing an agreement with British Columbia protecting the North Fork from mining and drilling, Gov. Brian Schweitzer gave much of the credit to his counterpart in the negotiations: Premier Gordon Campbell. Describing the fragile talks, held secretly in Spokane, Schweitzer [...]
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, Flathead Lakers, Flathead River Valley, Gordon Campbell, mining leases
Jul
16
2010
Posted yesterday to the KECI-TV website . . . The Flathead Lakers recognized Governor Brian Schweitzer for his efforts to protect the Flathead. They gave Schweitzer an award for his agreement with British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell. The agreement between Montana and British Columbia halts mining in the Canadian portion of the North Fork drainage. [...]
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, Flathead Lakers, Flathead River Valley, Gordon Campbell, mining leases
Jul
07
2010
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The Flathead Lakers will present their annual Stewardship Award to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell at their annual meeting on July 15. The award will recognize the landmark agreement the two leaders signed in February banning mining and oil-and-gas development in the [...]
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, Canadian Flathead, coal mining, energy development, Flathead Lakers, Gordon Campbell, North Fork Flathead, Stewardship Award, Trans-boundary Flathead