Mountain Gateway a catastrophic wildfire risk

On Tuesday, the Whitefish mayor and City Council will be asked to approve or deny the Mountain Gateway planned unit development, consisting of 318 housing units and a commercial “island” at the junction of the Big Mountain Road and East Lakeshore Drive. Based on my 17 years of experience in wildland fire management, this project creates an unacceptable risk of catastrophic wildfire and the associated. loss of property and human life is just too great...