From the Wednesday, April 4, 2007 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
Retired attorney and long time North Forker Steve Berg is hiking the Appalachian Trail. The world’s longest footpath, Berg plans on hiking its length from Springer Mountain, Ga., to Katahdin, Maine, over the next few months. He is e-mailing us reports as he goes along. And we’re now posting them on a blog as well.
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From the Wednesday, April 4, 2007 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
A few years ago a wolverine in Glacier National Park found a dead mountain goat in an avalanche off Mount Piegan. While the dead goat was buried under several feet of snow, the wolverine, with its keen nose had no problem finding the rotting goat.
As the wolverine dug in the snow a photographer walked up behind it. The wolverine heard the man, and walked away, not overly concerned, but not looking to interact with a two-legged creature either.
The man snapped off several pictures. The wolverine, a few years later, would die like its mountain goat dinner had died: By an avalanche.
The said photographer saw something most people rarely see in Glacier or the Rocky Mountain West for that matter: A live wolverine.
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From the Saturday, March 31, 2007 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
Canada’s federal government has agreed to review a controversial coal mine proposal north of Glacier National Park, promising a far more exhaustive environmental analysis than currently planned.
An Associated Press article linked to in the Saturday, March 31, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
The environmental review for a coal mine planned in British Columbia and opposed in Montana is being ratcheted up, likely delaying the mine proposal by up to three years, said Sen. Max Baucus, whose goal is to have the proposal scrapped.
The Montana Democrat said Friday that Canada’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson, has confirmed the project proposed by Cline Mining Corp. will be reviewed at the federal level. Earlier plans called for a review at the provincial level.
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From the Saturday, March 31, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
The Canadian federal government intends to pursue an environmental review of the Cline Mine, which could delay development by three years, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced Friday.
According to a press release from Baucus, the senator met with Canada
From the Monday, March 26, 2007 online edition of The Globe and Mail . . .
When Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park was established in 1934 it symbolized the “peace and friendship” that existed between Canada and the United States as the two countries united to protect some of North America’s greatest Rocky Mountain wilderness.
Now, some 73 years later, the world’s first international peace park has turned into a battleground as Montana and British Columbia fight over a proposed open-pit coal mine on the headwaters of the Flathead River, just outside the international park boundaries.
In a letter to federal Environment Minister John Baird, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is requesting a review under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act saying he has failed to get agreements from B.C. to adequately protect the Flathead River.
“This is an amazing development,” Bob Peart, a strategic adviser to the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Committee, said yesterday.
“It’s never happened before in Canadian history that a foreign state has demanded an assessment under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. I think this just shows you how seriously the U.S. is taking this threat. Montana’s governor is reaching out and saying the Flathead is really, really serious business.”
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From the Monday, March 26, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
The Flathead Coalition will hold its 33rd annual meeting Tuesday at the Museum at Central School in Kalispell.
The event, starting at 6 p.m., will feature a presentation from Professor Brian
From the Friday, March 23, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
The federal government
From the Friday, March 23, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
Grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park no longer need Endangered Species Act protection, the federal government said Thursday.
The Yellowstone area of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho had an estimated 136 to 312 grizzlies when the species was listed as threatened in 1975, but has more than 500 of the bears today, the government said.
“The grizzly is a large predator that requires a great deal of space, and conserving such animals is a challenge in today’s world,” Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett said in a statement announcing the decision. “I believe all Americans should be proud that, as a nation, we had the will and the ability to protect and restore this symbol of the wild.”
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to issue a final rule on March 29 to delist the bears and the rule will take effect 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register, officials said. The Interior Department announced in 2005 that it intended to delist grizzly bears around Yellowstone.
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From the Wednesday, March 14, 2007 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
The Bush Administration has issued a warning to Canada on a proposal to mine coal north of Glacier National Park and Montana Sen. Max Baucus also is calling for further federal intervention.
Late last month Edward Alex Lee, Director of the Office of Canadian Affairs for the U.S. Department of State, sent a letter to Canadian officials, claiming