North Fork Preservation Association

Here’s the Associated Press take on last weekend’s Western governors meeting in Whitefish. This story is getting some national coverage.  From yesterday’s Billings Gazette . . .
Gov. Brian Schweitzer isn’t done jousting with federal officials over a deal with Canada to protect the area surrounding Glacier National Park.
Montana’s governor used the bully pulpit over the [...]

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Coverage of last weekend’s western governor’s conference in Whitefish from the Flathead Beacon . . .
Gov. Brian Schweitzer called on Montana’s federal delegation Sunday to support legislation by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, dedicated to restoring the Columbia River Basin, as a way to fund commitments in the agreement between Montana and British Columbia to protect [...]

Tags: Brian Schweitzer, British Columbia, Canadian Flathead, Flathead River Valley, mining leases, North Fork Flathead, Trans-boundary Flathead, western governors conference, Whitefish

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 Dakotas and with [...]

Tags: Brian Schweitzer, Trans-boundary Flathead, water quality, western governors conference, Whitefish, wildlife protection