Montana’s Smith River has again made a national advocacy group’s list of most endangered rivers in the country due to a proposed mine near its headwaters.
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ENNIS — Many of western Montana’s mountain ranges reach higher, a majority are brawnier and most are perhaps even more spectacular, but the remote Gravelly Range nevertheless stands alone for a feature none other can boast: A gravel road, zigging and zagging along its modest backbone, at every turn providing vistas of snowy peaks and braided river valleys, a colorful canvas of wildflowers and even the possibility of spotting a grizzly bear or wolf.
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The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is in the midst of analyzing a mine operating permit submitted by Tintina Montana Inc. And as …