This is great news! BP drops Flathead coal-bed plan. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian.

I recently did a story on the grave threat of these wells to the water, air and land in British Columbia just NW of Glacier National Park.

The plans for the huge mountaintop coal mine (the Cline Mine) remain, however.

Here is the most extensive article. BP Drops Coal-Bed Methane Exploration Project North of Glacier Park. Flathead Beacon. By Dan Testa.

About The Author

Ralph Maughan

Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.

4 Responses to British Petroleum’s plans for thousands of coal bed methane wells near Glacier NP are dropped

  1. Mike says:

    Fantastic news. I hope to see this area as an addition to the the national park someday. It truly deserves it.

  2. Concerned says:

    THey need to put a stop on the Cline Mine as well

  3. Mike,

    This is good news for sure, but there is still the Cline (coal pit) Mine to deal with.

  4. April Clauson says:

    Great news, a victory at last!!! Thanks!

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