From the Tuesday, May 4, 2004 issue of The Daily Inter Lake . . .
Montana's watchdog group for Flathead River Basin water quality on Monday called for federal action to protect the river from proposed mining operations north of the border.
The Flathead Basin Commission passed that unanimous resolution after hearing Canadians discuss the weakness of British Columbia's environmental laws and the scope and imminence of mining proposals.
The resolution was the highlight of a Kalispell meeting that was supposed to be attended by Cline Mining Corp. Ken Bates, who has discussed plans for developing the Cabin Creek mine north of Glacier National Park and bringing it into full production within the next two or three years.
But Bates bowed out of the meeting over the weekend, along with representatives of the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines.
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