From the Thursday, August 9, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .

British Petroleum has formally applied for an exploration permit for coal-bed methane gas in the Flathead and Elk River drainages of southeastern British Columbia, a provincial liaison to the Flathead Basin Commission said Wednesday.

And a representative for Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced that the administration intends to organize a Montana-British Columbia Symposium late this year as part of an effort to revive discussions over the future of the transboundary Flathead drainage.

Kathy Eichenberger, representing the B.C. Ministry of Environment, said BP has applied for an exploratory permit. She subsequently was peppered with questions at a basin commission meeting in Somers.

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