Meeting discusses Woods Bay sewer

A public meeting on a proposed wastewater treatment facility for the Woods Bay area will be held today in Bigfork.

The Greater Woods Bay Sewer Committee will host the meeting, together with the Woods Bay and Sheaver's Creek water and sewer districts.

Representatives of the Morrison-Maierle engineering firm will discuss the scope of the project, a general timeline, and financing options. There will also be an opportunity for the public to ask questions about the project.

The Greater Woods Bay area extends from the Flathead County line south along Montana 35 to Mauzey Creek.

Areas that would be served by the proposed project include the Woods Bay and Sheaver's Creek sewer districts, Yenne Point, Romain Estates, Yenne Point Road, White Cap Lane, Shore Acres, Orchard Lane, Community Lane, Ridgewood Estates and Sylvan Drive.

The meeting will be in the basement of Bethany Lutheran Church, 8559 Montana 35, beginning at 7 p.m.

For more information, visit www.yennepoint.org

Meridian work means delays

Nelcon Inc. has begun excavation on North Meridian Road between Three Mile Drive and U.S. 93.

Part of the construction involves the west side of the Flathead County Fairgrounds.

Expect one lane traffic with flaggers and short delays.

Work also has begun at the intersection of U.S. 2 and Meridian. A detour will be constructed along the east side of Meridian from U.S. 2 to Wyoming Street.

Volunteers needed to monitor streams

The Flathead Basin Commission is looking for volunteer water-quality monitors.

The commission and The Montana Watercourse will conduct a training session in Kalispell on Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Those interested should contact the commission office in Kalispell at 752-0081 to preregister for the course. The session will include classroom instruction and activities at a local stream.

Volunteers may monitor a stream in their neighborhood or elsewhere in the basin. Monitoring activities are scheduled three times a year.

Specific monitoring includes checking the stream for dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, discharge and other indicators.

The data collected becomes part of the commission's extensive storehouse of water-quality information on area lakes and streams.

Volunteers have monitored sites on several area streams for the past eight years. Additional volunteers are needed to take over sites no longer being monitored and to establish new sites.

For more information on the commission, visit www.flatheadbasincommission.org.

Fish replacement planned in lakes

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks plans to poison non-native fish in Martin Lakes near Olney so the lake can be restocked with westslope cutthroat trout.

The agency says the move will improve fishing quality at the lakes and has the support of the private landowner.

The agency plans to poison the lakes to kill northern pike, pumpkinseed sunfish and yellow perch. The lake would then be stocked with westslope cutthroat trout,.

The environmental assessment issued this summer estimated that work could begin in October.

- The Daily Inter Lake