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Plum Creek seeks residential zoningBy Michael Howell Plum Creek Timber Company has submitted a map to the Ravalli County Planning Office outlining its own preferences for future zoning restrictions on its property in the county. The company is seeking residential zoning for all its property with densities ranging from one dwelling per 10, 20 and 40 acres on different sections of its land. Currently most of the company-owned land in the Eight Mile area is off limits to subdivision based on the county’s subdivision regulations which prohibit any subdivision being permitted off a Forest Service Road. More...
Review finds bull trout still threatenedBy Greg Lemon Bull trout are indeed a threatened species and worthy of protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to a review issued last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The finding was the result of a five-year review of the bull trout’s status as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The review began in 2004, five years after the bull trout was listed, at the request of then Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne and the Idaho state legislature. More... County schedules first-ever Hazardous Waste Collection DaysBy Greg Lemon Ravalli County is gearing up for its first ever Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days, May 16 and 17. “We just feel like it’s a real positive thing to do for the county and for our community,” said Lea Jordan, Ravalli County environmental health director. More... Two arrested for car chase and shooting
By Michael Howell Two people are being held in Ravalli County jail in connection with a high speed car chase that ended with shots being fired along Highway 93. Nathan Forrest Searsdodd, 18, and Angela Marie Beard, 24, were arraigned last Friday before Ravalli County Justice of the Peace Robin Clute on charges of conspiring to commit deliberate homicide, or, in the alternative, attempted deliberate homicide. More... County aims to use Lost Horse QuarryBy Michael Howell With barely enough funds raised by an emergency levy and a grant from the state to reconstruct Kootenai Creek bridge and a short timetable to get it accomplished, the county is now reconsidering a controversial proposal that was “indefinitely tabled” earlier this year to mine rip-rap material from the Lost Horse Quarry. More... Kootenai Creek bridge reconstruction on the fast trackBy Michael Howell All five of the Ravalli County Commissioners came to Stevensville last week to meet with the homeowners living west of the Kootenai Creek bridge. The bridge washed out in the torrential flooding that occurred in November of 2006. Since that time a temporary bridge, courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service, has served the residents of the area. But that temporary bridge must eventually be returned to the Forest Service. More... Deadline for streamside setback regs set backBy Michael Howell The County Commissioners agreed last week to move the target date for production of the first draft of proposed streamside setback regulations from the end of June to around the beginning of October. More... |
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The above map shows Plum Creek Timber Company's zoning proposal for its land in Ravalli County. The company is seeking residential zoning at a density of one dwelling per 10 acres on land near the county line northwest of Florence, and zoning of one dwelling per 20 acres and one dwelling per 40 acres on its land in the Eight Mile area east of Florence, creating a total of up to 280 potential lots. 
