Justine Vallieres and Erik Wenum from FWP will be at the Community Hall this Wednesday, the 18th, at 1600. They will give an update on the recent bear incidents and to answer any questions from the community. All are welcome to attend.
If you cannot attend but have a question(s) you’d like addressed, please contact Mark Heaphy at 406-890-5043 or at m-mheaphy@hotmail.com
The North Fork Patrol has finished checking on all properties that are currently signed up (113). Landowners have been notified if there was any property damage. This was mostly due to snow sliding off roofs and damaging vent stacks, stovepipes, satellite/Starlink dishes and a solar panel mount. There was no evidence of any vandalism on patrolled properties.
This year, especially due to all the local road projects, we can definitely expect to see more people in the area driving around, getting lost and “looking around”. So please remember that the best “security” is relying on neighbors to keep an eye on each other’s properties.
If you have questions, contact Mark Heaphy at 406-890-5043 or m-mheaphy@hotmail.com.
From Mark Heaphy of the North Fork Patrol . . .
Recently a landowner reported that they had gotten three phone calls in the last week from three different realtors who were checking to see if they had just asked them to list their property for sale. They had not.
Evidently there is a scammer who picked up their information from Flathead County GIS (public site and easily obtained information) and then contacted local realtors on Zillow to see if they would list their property. They used fake email addresses that mimicked their name and cell phone number.
Fortunately the realtors got suspicious and contacted the landowners to verify. The landowner then contacted the county plat room and their title company’s title fraud specialist to make sure everything was in order, which it was. The fraud specialist did comment that: “She looked into things and she found a similar deal also in the North Fork area that failed at closing last year. The scammers typically target vacant land and out of state owners.”
Unfortunately the North Fork is not immune to this type of fraud. So please be aware, especially if you’re an out of state landowner.
From Mark Heaphy at 7:58am on June 15 . . .
The North Fork Patrol checked properties for flooding yesterday and all are currently not threatened. One owner adjacent to a creek was notified about a potential concern.
The river is forecast to crest again at the border this weekend but not at flood stage.
More information . . .
Current and forecast river levels, North Fork Flathead River
Flood information links
The North Fork Patrol had its year-end meeting this past Thursday, December 16, and had only a few things to report:
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