Jul 01 2010
From this week’s Hungry Horse News . . . A deal to permanently protect the North Fork of the Flathead from mining and energy exploration could ultimately be resolved in a treaty between the two countries. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Monday that they were directing their federal agencies to [...]
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 [...]
Feb 13 2010
From today’s Missoulian comes a must-read discussion of what’s not being said about the recent announcement of a mining ban in the Canadian Flathead watershed . . . To sense the delicacy of an international mining ban along the North Fork of the Flathead River, it helps to hear what isn’t being said. Read the [...]
Feb 11 2010
Not to be outdone by the folks north of the 49th parallel, U.S. Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester will introduce legislation banning mining and energy development on federal lands in the North Fork Flathead drainage. The Missoulian has the story . . . Two days after British Columbia placed the area north of Glacier [...]
Feb 11 2010
The government of British Columbia has signed an order that apparently bans mining and other resource extraction activity in the Canadian Flathead watershed. The Missoulian has a good write-up, including a map . . . British Columbia’s government has formalized its promise to protect wildlands north of Glacier National Park, signing a legislative order that [...]
Jan 31 2010
The folks at Flathead Wild posted a good summary of the high points of the UNESCO World Heritage report on threats to Waterton-Glacier Park, along with links to major press coverage — both print and video. Here’s the lead-in . . . Great news for Friends of the Flathead! A UNESCO World Heritage report is [...]
Jan 28 2010
This week’s Hungry Horse News has a decent write-up on the UN World Heritage Committee scientific mission report on threats to Waterton-Glacier Park . . . Scientists from the United Nations are calling for a moratorium on mining in the Canadian Flathead, just north of Glacier National Park. Last fall Paul Dingwall, a New Zealand [...]
Jan 27 2010
From yesterday’s Missoulian . . . University of Montana professor Ric Hauer will discuss threats to the water quality of Flathead Lake and the Flathead River at the next program sponsored by the Mission Mountain Audubon Society. “Pristine waters and biodiversity threatened in the North Fork Flathead River” will be the subject of Hauer’s talk [...]
Jan 24 2010
Canadian press coverage of the World Heritage scientific mission report on threats to Waterton-Glacier Park is a bit more thorough than the articles posted in local papers. Not surprising, since the report primarily targets proposed resource extraction activities in the Canadian Flathead. Here are a couple examples. Both are recommended reading for anyone interested in [...]
