From the Wednesday, March 22, 2006 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
Representatives of British Columbia and Montana will gather at a Canadian resort next week to examine a mining proposal that triggered another flare-up over management of the transboundary Flathead River Basin.
British Columbia last month invited Montana to participate in an environmental review after Cline Mining Co.'s proposal to extract coal just north of Glacier National Park raised alarm in the state. Concerns center on possible harm to the Flathead River system. Its North Fork crosses the U.S.-Canada border, serves as Glacier's western boundary and is a regional stronghold for rare fish.
The first in what may be a series of meetings is scheduled for Tuesday at the St. Eugene Mission Resort near Cranbrook, British Columbia.
Tasks include deciding the breadth of an environmental assessment. Proposals range from an assessment that covers the immediate area of the mine, to Montana's preference for one that would examine mining's effect on the Flathead basin.
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