Jan 18 2012
Larry does a retrospective on the big issues of last year, including the North Fork Road and successful efforts to terminate resource extraction activities in the transboundary Flathead Valley . . . January is the month when everyone looks back on the previous year to see what the biggest news stories were and to make [...]
Oct 06 2011
This week, Larry discusses the good news that funding has been approved for additional improvements to the North Fork Road and for additional efforts at weed control. On a more somber note, he also announces the passing of Bettie Jacobsen . . . Not long ago, I was not very optimistic that the Resource Advisory [...]
Jun 15 2011
In this week’s column for the Hungry Horse News, Larry Wilson discusses the condition of the North Fork Road (much improved) and recent activities at Sondreson Hall (very successful) . . . The river continues to run high and muddy, but so far no real damage from flooding. In my view, every day that passes [...]
Jun 07 2011
In this week’s column for the Hungry Horse News, Larry Wilson reports on the condition of the North Fork Road — essentially impassable near the border — and on the high points of the recent North Fork Landowners Association meeting . . . Yes, there is still concern that there could be flooding on the [...]
Jun 02 2011
Larry Wilson talks about the state of the river (tolerable so far) and the state of the North Fork Road (pretty bad, especially further north). It may have been cold, wet, and nasty in the Flathead Valley this last week, but it was twice as nasty on the North Fork. All in all, that has [...]
May 10 2011
Here’s another sign of Spring: an article about gravel road dust control. From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The placement of a dust-control product on 42 miles of gravel roads in Flathead County is scheduled to begin around June 1. County commissioners last week awarded a contract for the work to Montana Dust [...]
Apr 27 2011
Larry Wilson’s column this week reveals some tidbits about the early history of the North Fork Road . . . This winter, I have spent more time in my Columbia Falls residence than up the North Fork. It has had some advantages. In town, I have a computer and have received a number of e-mails [...]
Apr 06 2011
This week, Larry Wilson discusses the state of the North Fork Road this mud season and compares it with conditions in past decades . . . I made two round trips from Trail Creek to Columbia Falls this week and one of my neighbors asked how I fared on the terrible road. My reply was [...]
Mar 09 2011
It’s that time again. Folks wishing to participate in Flathead County’s road dust control program have until Monday, March 21 to apply . . . Flathead County residents still have an opportunity to participate in a cost-share program related to dust control on county-maintained gravel roads. Flathead County Public Works Director Dave Prunty and Flathead [...]
Sep 26 2010
For those of you not wishing to wade through multi-megabytes of material, today’s Daily Inter Lake has a good summary of the findings of the recently completed North Fork Flathead Road Corridor Study . . . Only additional grading and stabilization treatments for the North Fork Road have broad public support, according to a recently [...]
