Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., says he will pursue federal solutions to concerns about a proposed coal mine in the British Columbia headwaters of the Flathead River drainage. Baucus addressed about 180 people Monday morning at a meeting organized by the Flathead Basin Commission. At right is state fisheries biologist Mark Deleray, who also spoke at the meeting. Karen Nichols /Daily Inter Lake

January 16, 2007