Aug 06 2010
Posted early this morning to the Missoulian’s website . . . A measure that would ban federal-land mining along Glacier National Park’s western edge has passed a major Senate hurdle, and has been expanded to provide water-quality protections for nearby communities… …the bill banning future federal mine leases has been expanded from its original to [...]
Jun 29 2010
Posted late yesterday evening to the Missoulian . . . No park is an island. That was the message from Whitefish, where governors from Western states met early this week to discuss, among other things, how to protect wildlife and ecosystems that span jurisdictional boundaries. Montana shares borders with Idaho, and with Wyoming and the [...]
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 [...]
