The Northfork of the Flathead is one of the wildest and most pristine rivers in the lower 48. The giant coal mine planned in it’s headwaters would likely cause severe damage.
The U.S. and Canadian governments may have to intervene to stop a proposed coal mine north of Glacier National Park that critics fear would pollute water flowing into the park and the Flathead River, Gov. Schweitzer said Monday.
‘’I think this is now going to be in the lap of the State Department,’’ Schweitzer said.
It never occurred to you that these trees you wanted so desperately to log were part of a forest … or a favorite picnic site for a family … or a critical piece of wildlife habitat … or that these trees might shade a blue ribbon trout stream.
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Environmental Protection Agency is asking the National Park Service to take a closer look at how its new plan for snowmobiles and snowcoaches in Yellowstone Park would affect clean air, visibility and human health.
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service will increasingly look to outside sources in an effort to help maintain parks, the agency’s new director said.
Several Yellowstone projects, including construction of a new visitor center at Old Faithful, are on hold because of rising materials costs, a tight labor market and a robust building economy in Montana.
This mine could have a serious impact on Glacier National Park and the Northfork of the Flathead.
Hundreds of residents of Montana turned out at a public meeting Monday night to speak against a controversial coal mine proposed in southeastern B.C. near the Canada-U.S. border.