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Montana Governor Schweitzer considering visit to Canada

After months of missives volleying back and forth across the international border, Montana’s governor is thinking it might be time for a face-to-face chat with his counterpart in British Columbia.

"Maybe now it’s time to set up a meeting between the governor and the premier," said Mike Volesky. "We’ve been talking about that, and it’s something I think we’d like to see happen."

Volesky, who is natural resources policy adviser to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, met Friday with members of the Flathead Basin Commission. The commission was created in 1983 by the Montana Legislature, charged with monitoring and protecting Flathead water quality.

At the time, lawmakers were responding to a proposal from British Columbia to mine coal in the Canadian Flathead, north of Glacier National Park. Downstream interests worried pollutants would flow across the border, degrading water quality and fisheries in the park and throughout the Flathead.

By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2005/06/25/news/top/news01.txt

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