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Ban on campfires takes effect today

Fire Information and Status, News

From the Monday, July 30, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .

Starting today, new fire restrictions will prohibit all campfires across Northwest Montana.

Stage Two fire restrictions will apply to all lands under the protection of the Montana Department of Natural Resources, the Flathead and Kootenai national forests and Glacier National Park, along with Lake, Sanders, Lincoln and Flathead counties. The restrictions also apply to lands managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Bob Marshall Wilderness will remain under Stage One fire restrictions, which allow campfires in designated areas.

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Montana

Commentary

From the Thursday, July 26, 2007 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .

I live almost equally between the Flathead Valley of Montana and the East Kootenays of British Columbia, and have been involved in conservation efforts in the Kootenays for more than 30 years. Consequently, I was bitterly amused to read a recent letter to the Flathead Beacon

Fish odyssey may help sink energy development plan

Environmental Issues, News

From the Thursday, June 21, 2007 online edition of the Vancouver Sun . . .

The cross-border sexual odyssey of six fish from northern Montana to southern B.C. could help sink a planned multi-billion-dollar Canadian energy development that has spawned years of conflict between the U.S. and Canada.

A half-dozen cutthroat trout captured on the Flathead River south of the B.C.-Montana border and fitted with radio transmitters were tracked by researchers as they swam to spawning beds in Canada, giving hope to both American and Canadian critics of a proposed B.C. coal mine that efforts to protect the trout’s trans-boundary travels will help scuttle the controversial project.

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Senate Panel Supports Mine Study Funding

Environmental Issues, News

From the Tuesday, June 19, 2007 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .

A U.S. Senate panel Tuesday approved nearly $1.3 million for collection of environmental data in the area where a Canadian company wants to develop a coal mine, just north of Glacier National Park.

Opponents of the mine want the environmental information for a baseline against which to gauge how the Cline Mining Corp. project may affect natural resources in the Flathead River region, which spans the Montana-British Columbia border.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced the allocation by a subcommittee working on appropriations for the Interior Department. Full committee action is likely Thursday, his staff said.

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