Please bear with us, the winter calendar is new and in a state of flux. Check back frequently as events will evolve/change. New events have been introduced but volunteers and hosts will be needed for their success.
Click here to view the 2022 -2023 North Fork Winter Activities Calendar!
As you know, due to time restraints the Flathead County Commissioners continued our hearing on the text cleanup for our local zoning guidelines. It is now scheduled for November 29th at 9:00am on the 3rd floor of the old courthouse. We are hoping for a successful resolution, so your continued support remains essential. If you have not contacted the commissioners please take a few minutes to do so. Showing up at the hearing is likewise important. The commissioners contact information: babell@flathead.mt.gov, pholmquist@flathead.mt.gov, rbrodehl@flathead.mt.gov.
We extend our gratitude for your ongoing consideration of this issue so near and dear to us all.
Randy Kenyon
Chair, NFLUAC
It’s time for another round of Forest Service Special Use Permits. The official “scoping letter” is linked below. See the project web site for additional documentation, including maps.
None of the proposed Special Use Permits affect the North Fork directly, with the exception of a guided snowmobile tour that comes up from the west side of the Whitefish Divide and terminates at Red Meadow Campground.
Comments are due by November 29.
>> Flathead National Forest Winter Special Uses Scoping Letter (PDF)
From NFLA President Richard Hildner…
Presidential Request: A new Thanksgiving tradition is in the making. If each Thanksgiving dinner guest would bring a piece of stove wood, no longer than 16 inches, it would warm the Hall and help fill the woodshed.
We’re back! Thanksgiving at Sondreson Hall is happening on Thursday, November 24th! Doors open at 3:00pm; food will be served starting at 4:00pm.
Turkey, ham and mashed potatoes will be provided.
Please bring a side dish or dessert to share, as well as your own table service (plate/bowl, silverware, glass, napkin).
Contact Krista Johnson (360-815-5454) or Zoe Zardis (731-695-4528) if you have any questions or concerns.
Even if you have written and sent in comments earlier in the process, we need your letters of support one more time to get us across the finish line.
Please send a letter of support to the County Commissioners by October 26, 2022. Their email addresses are: babell@flathead.mt.gov, pholmquist@flathead.mt.gov and rbrodehl@flathead.mt.gov. The physical address is: 800 S. Main, Kalispell MT 59901. If you’re not up to letter writing, you can submit a comment here: cocontactus@flathead.mt.gov. The County Commissioner’s hearing is set for November 1, 2022 at 9:00am, third floor of the courthouse. The presence of landowners would bolster our cause.
Thank you for your support!
NFLUAC
In order to maintain membership in Firewise USA, North Fork landowners must make an annual investment in wildfire risk reduction efforts. We’re required to calculate the number of hours spent in Firewise-qualifying activities, and the expenses associated with those activities.
A summary of some of Firewise-qualifying activities and expenses follows:
Qualifying expenses include equipment and tool purchases; mileage at the current IRS rate for attendance at wildfire-related meetings and trainings; purchases of food for meetings/trainings; contractor and labor expenses to perform risk reduction work; and the value of volunteer labor participating in risk reduction projects.
The Fire Mitigation Committee asks North Fork landowners to add up the number of hours they have spent in qualifying activities as well as the expenses they have incurred from November 1, 2021, to October 31, 2022. Please email your total hours and expenses to Molly Shepherd, mollshep@gmail.com. Your hours and expenses will be included in applying for renewal of the North Fork’s membership in Firewise USA.
A message from the North Fork Land Use Advisory Committee . . .
SUBJECT: ONE LAST ZONING PUSH!
It’s time for North Fork Landowners to get our revised zoning Text Amendment across the finish line with the County Commissioners! The NFLUAC needs your help!
WHY IT MATTERS:
Many of you have previously written extremely helpful letters of support for the Text Amendment. We understand there is “planning fatigue”, but we need you to rally yourselves one last time and submit letters of support! Personalized letters pack the biggest punch, especially if they say WHY this matters to you:
Please send a letter of support to the County Commissioners before the November 1, 2022 hearing, the earlier the better to ensure it is received and read. Their email addresses are: babell@flathead.mt.gov; pholmquist@flathead.mt.gov and rbrodehl@flathead.mt.gov. The physical address is: 800 S. Main, Kalispell MT 59901. If you’re not up to letter writing, you can submit a comment here: cocontactus@flathead.mt.gov. The County Commissioner’s hearing is set for November 1, 2022 at 9:00am, third floor of the courthouse.
WANT MORE INFORMATION?
A brief Summary of the Text Amendment, the Text Amendment itself and our letter to the Commissioners are linked below. Italicized portions of the Text Amendment are those which are unchanged from the existing regulations.
Thank you for your support!
NFLUAC
Attachments
The last NFLA general meeting of the year is this Sunday, October 9, at Sondreson Hall. Events start at 6:00pm with a presentation by Anthony Nelson, Director of the Glacier Institute. The membership meeting is at 7:00pm.
Bring a snack to share.
We will also be collecting non-perishable items for the Veterans Food Pantry!
And we could use a bit more firewood in the woodshed. The new stove uses 16-inch lengths or less, as opposed to the old stove that ate much longer logs. So we don’t have as much of the shorter stuff as we’d like.
I would like to announce a NFLUAC meeting next Monday, October 3rd at 6:00pm at Sondreson Hall. We hope to see you there as we head down the homestretch. The agenda is attached.
Randy Kenyon
Chair
NORTH FORK LAND USE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING October 3, 2022
SONDRESON HALL 6:00
AGENDA
Call to Order
Members Present
Minutes of the August 4th and 24th Meetings Reviewed
1. Review of Current Status of Text Amendment
2. Discussion regarding the November 1st Commissioner’s meeting.
3. Public Comments
Those with special needs will be accommodated