Oct 08 2011
From the Missoulian . . . An effort to protect the transboundary Flathead River from mining and energy development moved a step forward Tuesday in the British Columbia Parliament. Montana’s Gov. Brian Schweitzer and then-B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell signed a memorandum of understanding last year preserving the Flathead watershed, which borders Glacier National Park and [...]
Oct 08 2011
From an announcement sent out by Dave Hadden of Headwaters Montana . . . British Columbia’s new premier, Christie Clark, has made good on her predecessor Gordon Campbell’s commitment to ban mining and energy extraction in the headwaters of the transboundary Flathead River. Yesterday, her Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson, [...]
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 [...]
Feb 26 2011
This week’s Hungry Horse News column by Larry Wilson discusses the recent actions on both sides of the border to protect the North Fork watershed and takes a look at what might be coming next. His column is, as usual, recommended reading . . . Since Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed a memorandum of understanding with [...]
Feb 26 2011
This article on the Sierra Club BC’s web site does a good job of putting the current actions by the B.C. government to protect the Canadian part of the Flathead valley in context. Here’s the lead-in . . . Legislation to prohibit mining and energy development in the Flathead River Valley is only the first [...]
Feb 16 2011
The National Parks Conservation Association issued a press release today praising BC Premier Gordon Campbell for his efforts to protect the Canadian Flathead and, by extension, Waterton and Glacier Parks, as well as the Flathead drainage south of the border. Here’s the lead-in. Read the whole thing to see some familiar local names . . [...]
Nov 03 2010
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell announced his resignation today due to widespread dissatisfaction with recent tax policy. Perhaps “dissatisfaction” is too mild a word; his approval rating plummeted to nine percent. What’s the North Fork connection? Premier Campbell and Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer signed a Memorandum of Understanding last February banning mining and energy development [...]
Aug 15 2010
Here’s an interesting article from the past week’s Hungry Horse News . . . A deal to permanently protect the North Fork of the Flathead could come soon, Montana Sen. Jon Tester said last week. “Maybe as soon as September we could get an agreement that is binding,” Tester said in a conference call with [...]
Jul 17 2010
Dave Hadden, Executive Director of Headwaters Montana, had a letter to the editor published in today’s Flathead Beacon . . . The North Fork of the Flathead River (a.k.a. the Transboundary Flathead) continues to play in the news of late. The news media report that Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester [...]
Jul 07 2010
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The Flathead Lakers will present their annual Stewardship Award to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell at their annual meeting on July 15. The award will recognize the landmark agreement the two leaders signed in February banning mining and oil-and-gas development in the [...]
