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According to information from the agency, it and construction partner Thompson Contracting will be clearing rock from the recent rockslide on a portion of Highway 37 in the Libby Dam area.
Concerns about water rights, air quality and property values – interspersed with insults, catcalls and implied threats – dominated a March 15 public meeting on a proposed gravel pit along Farm to Market Road.
Rural contractors in Southland cannot keep up with bumper grass growth, while those in parts of the North Island are having problems from the recent wet weather.
On a party-line vote, the 2021 Legislature passed HB599, which eliminated several environmental safeguards and most public input on any new gravel pit. Since then, Montanans around the state have learned how damaging the bill was.
Residents of Arlee are upset because they feel powerless to stop a gravel/sand mining operation near the Garrden of One Thousand Buddhas.