What a turnaround in the space of 3 years! In 2008 I took a 2 week trip to the headwaters of the famed North Fork of the Flathead River in […]
Tester, Baucus renew effort to protect Flathead River Basin
More good news, and just a few years ago every day seemed to bring bad news for the North Fork of the Flathead River- Tester, Baucus renew effort to protect […]
British Columbia industrial development ban ends 36-year dispute over Flathead
Controversy began 1n 1974- Well what a cause for celebration this is! I can remember I was just starting to explore the wild country as a young man back in […]
Details on Canadian Flathead mining ban short – for now
The devil could be in the details- Some think the mining ban could have been to cut off growing provincial demands for a park in the area to complement Waterton […]
One more British Columbia threat to Glacier National Park
Gold deposit discovered on ridge visible from Glacier in the North Fork Flathead River- First it was coal mining, then coal bed methane, now gold; and all the pollution runs […]
Interior chief Salazar visits North Fork of Flathead
Senator Baucus tells Secretry of Interior about the many threats from British Columbia- The latest threat to the river and Glacier National Park is gold mining. Interior chief Salazar visits […]
UN to consider petition against the planned coal development that will endanger Glacier National Park and Waterton National Park
The massive Foisey Creek coal development in B.C. (the Lodgepole coal pit and 2000 coal bed methane wells) is becoming an international issue. UN to hear petition. The Globe and […]
Another coal mine planned near the upper Flathead River?
Flathead Basin Commission hears of new coal mine. By Heidi Desch. Hungry Horse News. Link to North Fork Landowners’ Association. Photos and new information about mining in the headwaters of […]