Dec 12 2011
This is kind of fun. Headwaters Montana started up a “Flathead River Otter” Facebook page to increase awareness of the Flathead watershed and provide a place for informal discussion. If you’re on Facebook, wander over there and “like” the otter’s page . . . Folks, no one knows the Flathead River and Flathead Lake better [...]
Sep 20 2011
From the most recent Headwaters Montana newsletter . . . When Gov. Schweitzer and BC Premier Gordon Campbell signed the historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the North Fork Flathead River in February 2010 Headwaters Montana heralded that event as an “historic breakthrough”. And indeed it was. But like all signed agreements, the MOU was [...]
Jul 23 2011
From a newsletter sent out yesterday by Headwaters Montana . . . We need your help. Do you have just one day this summer to spend at spectacular Logan Pass to help complete the world’s first Peace Park: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park? Last summer Headwaters Montana sponsored volunteers at Logan Pass in Glacier National Park [...]
Jul 03 2011
The National Weather Service is still concerned about local flooding potential. From the Daily Inter Lake . . . While the threat of flooding has waned on most Western Montana rivers, that is not the case for the Flathead and Swan rivers, which are expected to remain near or over flood stage possibly for the [...]
Jun 10 2011
Online media publication New West ran a feature Wednesday on the North Fork Watershed Protection Act, including some nice local quotes from NFPA President John Frederick . . . An ongoing effort to protect a shared river drainage on the Montana-Canada border from mining damage will not inhibit recreational users, hunters or logging activity, Montana’s [...]
Feb 17 2011
The Daily Inter Lake has nice things to say today about the recently concluded deal to protect the Flathead drainage . . . It’s hard to overstate the significance of the recently announced commitment of the Nature Conservancy to provide about $9.4 million to seal a deal between Montana and British Columbia that will prevent [...]
Feb 16 2011
Not surprisingly, the Canadian press has also been covering the commitment by The Nature Conservancy and Nature Conservancy Canada to provide funds to retire oil and gas leases in the Canadian Flathead. The Globe and Mail posted an excellent article, including links to related stories and even a photo gallery . . . Two environmental [...]
Feb 16 2011
Monday, Gov. Schweitzer announced in Kalispell the commitment by The Nature Conservancy and Nature Conservancy Canada to provide funds to retire oil and gas leases in the Canadian Flathead. Tuesday, in Washington D.C., the whole package was wrapped up and a ribbon tied around it when Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer announced that the Canadian government [...]
Feb 15 2011
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer made the formal announcement in Kalispell yesterday of the commitment by The Nature Conservancy and Nature Conservancy Canada to provide funds to retire oil and gas leases in the Canadian Flathead. Both the Flathead Beacon and the Daily Inter Lake covered the presentation in some detail . . . Flathead Beacon: [...]
Feb 15 2011
Yesterday’s announcement of the commitment by The Nature Conservancy and Nature Conservancy Canada to provide funds to retire oil and gas leases in the Canadian Flathead is getting lots of coverage today. Here’s the official press release from U.S. Senators Max Baucus and John Tester . . . February 15, 2011 ***NEWS RELEASE*** BAUCUS, TESTER [...]
