There is good news on the front to prevent the Cline Mine from being developed.
There will be a lengthy environmental review of the proposed British Columbia mine done by Canada’s federal government rather than the Province.
Story in the Billings Gazette. AP
Because the mine’s polluted waters will drain into the North Fork of the Flathead River, Montana is fearful of the impacts on fish and wildlife in one of the richest such places in the state.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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