Besides smoke and fires, there has been some other North Fork-related news. Most notably, there was a meet-n-greet last Monday at the Blankenship Bridge to celebrate passage of the North Fork Watershed Protection Act. Included were Montana’s Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines, Marcy Grossman, Canadian Consul General for the Rocky Mountain Region, and several other speakers. There was a substantial North Fork contingent present and lots of press.

They also had munchies and coffee. Pretty good munchies and coffee, in fact.

Anyway, here are links to most of the press coverage . . .

On a smoky day, celebrating the North Fork (Hungry Horse News and Daily Inter Lake)

Bipartisan Collaboration Preserves the North Fork (Flathead Beacon)

Montana Senators Celebrate North Fork Protection (ABC-fOX)

North Fork Flathead protection celebrated by Tester, Daines, others (Missoulian)