By Jim Rokosch, President, Bitterrooters for Planning Have you ever seen the Los Angeles River? I’ve only seen photos, but they were enough for me to move “visiting the Los […]
Archives for December 29, 2014
Strong flood plain regs make sense
I hope the good people of this valley are paying attention to what our planning department and our commissioners are about to do to our Bitterroot River. Under the guise […]
Herbert Frank Wanke
Whitehall/Stevensville – Herbert Frank Wanke, 86, born June 14, 1928 to Peter L. Wanke and Louise (Kraniak) Wanke in South Athens, Wisconsin, died on December 19, 2014 from heart disease. […]
Commissioners consider allowing residential construction in flood plain
By Michael Howell New residential construction in the flood plain has been prohibited in Ravalli County since 1997. The Ravalli County Commissioners are now considering a proposal from the Planning […]
Public lands bill signed into law
By Michael Howell On December 12, the U.S. Senate gave its stamp of approval to the historic public lands agreement negotiated by Montana’s Congressional delegation. Senators Jon Tester and John […]
Reconstruction of dangerous diversion dam a high priority
By Michael Howell Wade Farrell shed a few tears as he gazed silently upriver at the dam on the Bitterroot River north of Woodside Crossing that had taken the life […]