County OKs Echo Lake rezoning over objections

The Flathead County commissioners have approved a request to rezone about 62 acres along the west shore of Echo Lake over objections from neighbors who voiced concerns about boat traffic, water quality, lakeshore erosion, wildlife habitat and fire safety.

Rowland Day, through his Day Family Trust, asked the county to rezone his property from agricultural to suburban agricultural with 5-acre minimum lot sizes, which would have put it in line with most properties on the east side of the lake...