Road Committee makes comprehensive report
Updated July 5—Six months of diligent work by the North Fork Landowners’ Association Road Committee came to fruition June 6 at Sondreson Hall, as committee members Betsy Holycross and Margaret Heaphy reported the results of the committee’s exhaustive research at the association’s first business meeting of the year.
Holycross is chairperson of the committee; Steve Berg is deputy chair. Also on the committee are Ed Heger and Steve Weber. We have been reporting on the committee’s progress since it first met Dec. 12. For those stories, along with links to meeting summaries and much more about the North Fork Road, go to the North Fork Road page. The committee’s e-mail address is northforkroad@live.com.
In other news from the June 6 NFLA meeting, new co-owners of the Polebridge Mercantile Stuart Reiswig and Flannery Coats announced they hope to re-establish the Polebridge post office. For more information, including how to express your wishes to the U.S. Postal Service, please visit the Merc.
For much more about the new owners of the Merc and their plans for the Polebridge landmark, see Michael Jameson’s feature story, with a charming video, in the June 20 Missoulian.
Fire Mitigation Committee Chairperson Molly Shepherd advised that all but $20,000 of the grant money for private thinning projects has been spent. For more about the program, go to the Fire Mitigation Committee page.
Shepherd also reminded members that a wildfire workshop will be held at 10 a.m. July 8 at Sondreson Hall, prior to the 1 p.m. Inter Local Agreement meeting.
New North Fork Land Use Advisory Committee Chairman John Frederick reported he will hold the yearly meeting of the committee at 7 p.m., July 11 at Sondreson Hall, prior to the annual Pie & Ice Cream Social/square dance, which begins at 8 p.m.
It was a productive meeting. For more, see 2009 Meeting Minutes.
Talk about wildlife!
No. This isn’t Photoshop at work. Gerry Stearns captured this image of two bull moose bickering over a mineral lick. We’ve seen deer do this, but never moose.
Your Webmaster is retiring Posted July 5—Effective July 31, Richard E. Wackrow will no longer be Webmaster of www.NFLandowners.org, or editor of the North Fork Landowners’ Association Newsletter, the North Fork News. Wackrow began doing the NFLA newsletter in 1998, and the Web site in 2007. Updated June 25—The semiannual Inter Local Agreement meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 8, at noon. |
Because of their habituation to humans and food attractants, grizzlies Betsy and Patti got into trouble on the North Fork last year, and had to be captured and hazed.
Photo by Pat Cole Posted May 19—In the hope of mitigating their increasing habituation to humans and food attractants, grizzlies Betsy and Patti were captured and hazed last fall by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks grizzly-bear management specialist Tim Manley and his crew. Posted July 5—The season for burning slash and other debris with a permit ended June 30. Open burning without a permit will open Oct. 1 and run through Nov. 30. |
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