From the Thursday, March 16, 2006 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
Proposed industrial development in southeastern British Columbia will be on the agenda during the annual meeting of the Flathead Coalition, a group that monitors the condition of the Flathead River watershed on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.
A panel discussion about proposals for more open-pit coal mining in the province is scheduled for the meeting Wednesday in Kalispell.
During the past two years, the coalition has challenged proposed Canadian energy projects in the Flathead watershed. The group, Gov. Brian Schweitzer and his predecessor in the governor's office, Judy Martz, have expressed concerns that industrial activity in British Columbia would harm the North Fork of the Flathead River. The North Fork flows into Montana's Flathead Lake and serves as the western boundary of Glacier National Park.
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