Missoula County is claiming that it reached a settlement with neighbors regarding the expansion of a Lolo area gravel pit, but that’s news to the neighbors.
A Bitterroot Valley organization remains at odds with Missoula County over a lawsuit surrounding the approved expansion of a Lolo gravel pit and whether a settlement agreement has been reached through mediation.
Missoula County this week approved a settlement agreement with a Lolo nonprofit surrounding the 2024 approval of Western Material's request to expand its gravel pit off Highway 93.
More Blackfoot valley residents are becoming aware of a gravel pit proposed within yards of the Blackfoot River, and they’ve added their names to a petition asking the Missoula County Board of Commissioners for help.
Another developer is poised to open a gravel pit in the Blackfoot watershed, so another community group has formed to stop the state and the county from approving it.
Protect the Clearwater is fighting a gravel pit the state permitted between the Clearwater Wildlife Management Area and Elbow Lake near Clearwater Junction.
The Carlton Protection Trust sued Missoula County and the County Board of Commissioners in Missoula County District Court over the commissioners' decision to allow the Hendrickson gravel pit to expand into an adjacent 80-acre property.