Ravalli Republic--Gov. Schweitzer Supports Streamside Setbacks (8/6/2008)
At a mixer at the Daly Mansion in Hamilton, Gov. Brian Schweitzer fielded a question about streamside setbacks that Joel Gallob reported on in the local paper. The article is not found on the Ravalli Republic website.
Regarding Montana's rivers and streams, Schweitzer said, "The most precious resource in Montana is not the gold in the mountains, or platinum, or palladium, or coal, or oil, or gas. It's our water." He continued, "Snow from our own winter helps the entire country. Fifty percent of the water in the Columbia is ours and seventy percent in the Missouri Basin is Montana snow."
He emphasized that it is important "to maintain our water quality for future generations," and that it includes "minimum standards of streamside setbacks."
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