Jun
23
2010
From todays’ Flathead Beacon, more fussing about the July deadline for implementing the provisions of the memorandum of understanding signed by Montana Gov. Schweitzer and BC Premier Campbell during the Winter Olympics . . . The historic agreement banning natural resource development along the North Fork Flathead River, signed by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and [...]
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, British Columbia, Canadian Flathead, energy development, Gordon Campbell, mining leases
Jun
18
2010
From today’s Missoulian. Recommended reading . . . An agreement to protect the American and Canadian sides of the Flathead River Basin from mining and energy extraction is holding together, even though snags have developed in financing the deal. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer met with British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell in Victoria on Wednesday and [...]
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, British Columbia, Canadian Flathead, energy development, Gordon Campbell, mining leases
Feb
18
2010
They did it. In the promised follow-up to last week’s announcement that British Columbia was halting all resource extraction activities in the Canadian Flathead, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell and Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer met today in Vancouver, B. C. to sign an agreement banning mining and energy development throughout the transboundary Flathead Valley. The [...]
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, British Columbia, energy development, Flathead Basin, Gordon Campbell, mining