The Flathead National Forest says it’s received a new permit application for Holland Lake Lodge. Private equity investor Eric Jacobsen and business partner Thomas Knowles submitted the application. The permit allows the historic lodge to operate on public land. Its current owners opted to sell the lodge after their plans to significantly expand it faced backlash from some Swan Valley residents.
A Forest Service spokesperson says the application is for the continued use of the lodge in its existing footprint, with no proposed expansion. The agency will screen the application, and says the public will have a chance to comment before it makes a decision.
More information about the special use authorization process for Holland Lake Lodge can be found here.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with a Great Falls oil refinery for its federal Clean Air Act violations. Groundwater near a lake in the Swan Valley has not been contaminated due to wastewater leaking from a nearby holding pond. -
A Helena law firm has sued the state over a records request. Republican Brad Johnson has entered the U.S. Senate race. State environmental regulators are cracking down on a leaking wastewater pond near Holland Lake -
The owner of a historic lakeside lodge in the Swan Valley said he’s backing down from a plan to expand the resort. The move sparked celebration for a group opposed to the project.
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The Montana Department of Environmental Quality said wastewater may be leaking from holding ponds that sit just uphill from Holland Lake in the Swan Valley. -
Flathead National Forests' initial proposal to not review potential environmental impacts is raising questions about how forest managers decide which projects deserve a closer study.
