From the Wednesday, August 1, 2007 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .
Representatives of several northwestern states including Montana, Canadian provinces, and large corporations converged on Anchorage, Alaska last week to attend the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region
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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From the Friday, July 27, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
A gathering of U.S. and Canadian government and business leaders in Alaska this week has caught the attention of Montanans concerned about coal development in British Columbia
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
From the Wednesday, July 18, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
Fire managers have decided to implement an initial level of fire restrictions
This is getting ridiculous.
From the Tuesday, July 10, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
When County Commissioner Gary Hall heard there was a package addressed to him on the steps of the commissioners
From the Thursday, July 5, 2007 online edition of the Missoulian comes another first-rate article by Michael Jamison . . .
Energy development is temporarily on hold north of Glacier National Park this summer, giving scientists at least a year to gather baseline data before Canadian coal and coalbed methane exploration begins.
From the Wednesday, June 27, 2007 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .
It was an exercise in restraint at Wednesday
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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From the Tuesday, June 19, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
Former Flathead County Attorney Tom Esch recently acted as an envoy for the Flathead Coalition, hand-delivering a letter expressing