From the Wednesday, November 21, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .

Potential industrial development in the Canadian Flathead drainage is gaining a higher profile in British Columbia, with possible environmental consequences that would counter international law, Canadian speakers said at a gathering Monday in Whitefish.

Richard Paisley, an international water law expert from the University of British Columbia, was among the speakers at an open house sponsored by the Flathead Coalition, a group of Montanans concerned about potential coal and gas development north of the border.

Paisley said there is a growing body of international law that supports the position that fish, wildlife and water resources in Montana