From the Thursday, December 14, 2006 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
A plan to mine coal about 22 miles north of Glacier National Park's border has entered a more formal public comment stage.
The Cline Mining Corporation is running ads this week in area newspapers detailing the mine and invites “the Montana public” to comment on the project in a document called the Terms of Reference, which is an outline that identifies environmental and cultural concerns with the project.
The mine, in short, would take off the top of a mountain in the Foisey Creek drainage, a tributary to the North Fork of the Flathead.
The company plans to mine coal from the open pit project for 20 years as well as upgrade a road system into the drainage.
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