Jan 15 2012
Well, we can’t go too many weeks without talking about the darn road. So, here’s the latest, courtesy of the Daily Inter Lake. The item of most direct interest to North Forkers is that the county will probably start taking applications for this summer’s dust control cost-share program in February . . . The work [...]
Nov 10 2011
This week, Larry talks about the ongoing wolf hunt, Becky Hardy, the former — and much appreciated — North Fork mail lady and the last bit of road maintenance before the weather closed in. Still no snow to aid hunters, but near neighbors have managed to harvest another white-tailed buck and two bull elk. Another [...]
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 [...]
Sep 21 2011
Larry covers a lot of territory in this week’s column. There’s lots of good information on pending road improvement and weed control projects, as well as a brief discussion of a …uh… tourist traffic related issue. I think almost all North Forkers have been pleased with the use of federal and Flathead County funds on [...]
Jul 20 2011
In this week’s column, Larry Wilson covers a broad range of topics, including the Border Patrol’s seemingly excessive secrecy about their operations . . . It has been another action-packed, fun-filled week on the North Fork, with community service, educational, informative and just plain fun social events. The biggest gathering was for the interlocal meeting, [...]
Apr 08 2011
Here’s another one of those obligatory, periodic road pieces. It will come as no surprise to anyone on the North Fork that winter was pretty hard on local roads. An article in today’s Daily Inter Lake discusses this. It also provides some statistics on this year’s cost-shared dust abatement program . . . Flathead County [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sep 21 2010
The final North Fork Flathead Road Corridor Study document is now available for download from the study’s web page. The study document does not include the three associated appendices, which can also be downloaded from the same place. For those of you who don’t wish to wade through the full 66-page document, the study group’s [...]
Nov 18 2009
As many of you know, the North Fork Landowners’ Association Road Committee has been doing an exceptional and balanced job collecting and presenting well-researched road maintenance and dust abatement information. They recently completed and posted their Final Road Report for 2008 – 2009, summarizing all their activities for the past two years. For more detail, [...]
