Trout Unlimited has jumped in the ring as Montana Power Co. continues
to fight a requirement to pay a retroactive $15.6 million for environmental
damage caused by Kerr Dam on Flathead Lake.
Trout Unlimited’s West Slope Chapter contends the power company
is trying to shirk an obligation required by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission as part of the dam’s 1997 re-licensing.
Trout Unlimited has formally intervened in legal proceedings initiated
in federal court …