bitterroot river

Mike Bader writes, "The Sheep Creek site is about the worst place for extensive mining operations."

After a new mining company recently announced that it intends to develop a rare-earth metals mine in the headwaters of the Bitterroot River, the Bitterroot National Forest issued a statement saying it hadn’t received a mining application from the company.

A petition for Fish, Wildlife & Parks to allow motorized boats on the Bitterroot River into the summer months was withdrawn, but only after the FWP commission debated creating a working group to consider it.