Water For Flatheads Future - Update and Meeting Scheduled!

Sandy from Water for Flatheads Future reached out to me and asked me to let everyone know that Water for Flathead’s Future membership meeting will be on Tuesday, May 10 from 6 - 8PM at Sykes downtown Kalispell. The purpose of this meeting is to bring people up to date on what we’ve learned so far about this issue, share our message and strategy, and seek volunteers to fill various roles in the work ahead. Supporters are invited to attend. She also asked that I share the following: Clean water and healthy rivers are precious commodities that belong to all of us. Clean water supports our way of life and our economy, as well as the natural beauty of the Flathead Valley. Blindly opening the Flathead Valley’s aquifers to unprecedented, industrial-scale water-bottling plants sets a dangerous precedent that will have very real impacts on the Flathead’s residents. Approval of the Creston water-bottling factory would trigger a landslide of similar proposals to ship our water out-of-state. Water is life itself. We have a responsibility to manage our groundwater resources carefully, for today and future generations. The Creston proposal carries too many risks and too many unanswered questions for irrigators, neighboring homeowners, and the Flathead River and Flathead Lake. It’s simply unfair for the developer to take in all the benefits, while the rest of us carry the risks and costs. Let’s look before we leap. Now is the time to put a moratorium on industrial-scale water bottling plants in the upper Flathead Basin, until we can guarantee we can use this resource without degrading the quality of life, property rights and natural resources around the Valley. Who is Water for Flathead’s Future? Water for Flathead’s Future is made up of farmers, homeowners, sportsmen and business owners from around Flathead Valley who believe in careful conservation of water resources that belong to all of us. We represent thousands of Valley residents from all walks of life. What can people do? Please add your name to the growing list of Montanans concerned about out-of-state special interests with plans to exploit our precious water. Learn more at www.waterforflatheadsfuture.org Briefly If this industry is given free rein, no well, farm or home is truly safe. - Clean water is precious and belongs to all of us. - Let’s look before we leap. - The Creston proposal is an avalanche warning – corporations around the world are looking for water to ship out of state. - We have only one chance to do this right. Also please keep spreading the word about this petition! Thank you for reading and caring!