gravel pit

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.

Missoula County has put a permit for a Blackfoot Valley gravel pit on hold in response to public concern.

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.

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled against an injunction that stopped a gravel pit near Clearwater Junction, saying the neighbors challenging the pit used the wrong law.

After six months and five hearings, the Missoula Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the expansion of a gravel pit in an area zoned only for residential development between Lolo and Florence.

Water rights, state law and other water-related issues took center stage in a hearing Thursday over whether Missoula County should grant a variance to allow a gravel pit south of Lolo room to expand in the years ahead.