Conservation study sights recreational boating on Flathead River

Flathead Valley conservation officials Monday will release a request for proposals to gauge how recreational boating impacts the increasingly crumbly riverbanks of the lower Flathead.

The erosion study coincides with a thrice-tipped joint resolution passed last year by the Montana Legislature to compile existing data on erosion along the Flathead River; ferret out impacts from recreational watercraft; and recommend how to control erosion along its alluvial banks...