Category Archives: Fire Information and Status

BP Coalbed Methane and Cline Mine

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From the Tuesday, September 11, 2007 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .

In a Washington D.C. meeting with executives for British Petroleum, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., issued his harshest rebukes yet for BP’s coalbed methane exploration proposal in the Canadian Flathead, according to a release sent from his office Monday afternoon. Baucus also called for public meetings in Kalispell to allow Montanans to weigh in on the project.

BP can expect “a knock-down, drag-out fight” and “a massive and unpleasant fight from Montana that will end badly” Baucus told BP America Chairman and President Bob Malone and BP Canada chief Randy McLeod, according to the release.

Baucus’s threats refer specifically to BP’s intent to file an exploratory permit for what it calls its “Mist Mountain” coalbed methane (CBM) extraction project in southeastern British Columbia.

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Fire Information Links Updated

Fire Information and Status, Site Updates

The Fire Information Links page has been updated. It provides links to local fire news, maps, reports, status, imagery and weather.

About 70% of the links had to be changed. (Apparently, a large swathe of the U.S. government indulged in a web site rebuilding frenzy over the past year.) The information is basically the same, but has moved around quite a bit.

As in past years, the Daily Inter Lake continues to be the best general news source for local fire information.

The Fire Information Links page is always available in the “NFPA Site Links” area in the upper left corner of this page.

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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