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Save Scenic Jefferson Valley Coalition

Sensitive habitats and pristine rangeland are threatened

Town Hall Meeting

 

Concerned citizens have formed Save Scenic Jefferson Valley Coalition with the goal of protecting the scenic Jefferson Valley from the adverse and permanent impacts of the proposed Mountain States Transmission Intertie (MSTI) upon our irreplaceable land and landscape. 

If you would like to help protect greater Whitehall and the Jefferson Valley, please join us.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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PO Box 977

Whitehall, MT 59759

Phone: 406-565-2142

E-mail: stop500kv@SaveScenicJV.org

To contact us:
Gigantic 500 kV tower.

For a map of MSTI in greater Whitehall, Jefferson and Boulder Valleys, click here:   MAP

Citizens question Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar about ratepayer impacts of MSTI at SSJVC’s March 31, 2010 meeting.

MSTI has found its target: US!

Now we know that Montana DEQ and BLM have reacted to justified outrage in Butte by flipping the “preferred route” of MSTI over from Butte and I-15 to the Jefferson Valley.  This choice by DEQ and BLM, with the apparent consent of Governor Schweitzer, not only attempts to justify MSTI in Whitehall, but doubles MSTI’s footprint in our community.  Now greater Whitehall would be surrounded on two sides with some 250 fourteen-story towers.  And their decision, in effect, creates the energy corridor that at least two additional 500kV lines, in various planning stages, are expected to follow.

Thank you, Jefferson County Commissioners Wortman, Lythgoe, and Kirsch, and County Attorney Mathew J. Johnson for invoking the county’s right of coordination with Montana DEQ and BLM in planning for MSTI.  We need you, and you are making a difference! 

See the JeffCo Coordination page for details.

Sponsored by Jefferson County Commissioners: Wednesday, August 25, 6:00 pm

Whitehall School, Varsity Gym

 

A Chance to be Heard

The time to act is now!*

Federal, state, and local decision-makers have been invited to hear your concerns, in addition to representatives of NorthWestern Energy Corporation.

 

 

 

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Our presence as citizens in the courtroom is the most important signal we can give that we want to be heard when major and irreversible changes are proposed for our valley!

Ride the Bus!  A bus (or buses) will depart from Whitehall School’s west-side parking lot at 9:45 am.  It’s a good opportunity to get to know your fellow concerned citizens on the ride.

To reserve a place on a bus, or for more information, call 565-2142 or email is at stop500kV@SaveScenicJV.org.

 

*It is critical to speak out NOW.  A government decision to site MSTI in greater Whitehall and Jefferson Valley is likely to be irreversible through the Environmental Impact Statement process once a Draft EIS has been issued with that decision.  BLM and DEQ plan to release their DEIS in September, 2010.