LHC Construction works at the gravel pit near Brown's Lake for the Highway 83 project.
Protect the Clearwater, a nonprofit based in Greenough, joined other citizen groups in the Jocko Valley, Libby, Paradise Valley, Ennis and Gallatin Gateway to oppose the effects of new open cut mining laws established in 2021.
The changes brought about by a 2021 mining law, House Bill 599, removed red tape and streamlined the gravel mine permitting process for applicants.
Gayla Nicholson, spokesperson for Protect the Clearwater (PTC), gave an update on the nonprofit's work to stop gravel mining at the Elbow Lake gravel pit Feb. 12 at the Seeley Lake Community Council Meeting.
"What we are inte...
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