Friends of Two Rivers Community Calendar:

Don't Miss These Three!

• Tuesday, October 14th. EPA is holding a Milltown informational public meeting from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Bonner School Gym.
  
  Before the meeting from 4-5:30 pm, EPA and Montana DEQ will be on the bluff overlooking the Milltown project area.
  
  
• Wednesday, October 15th. Montana Legacy Project. 7 PM, St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Bonner.
  
  Friends of Two Rivers has invited The Nature Conservancy and The Trust for Public Lands to discuss with local residents the two organizations’ successful purchase from Plum Creek of 320,000 acres.
  
  Bonner-Milltown residents will have an opportunity at this meeting to tell TNC and TPL how they would like this former Plum Creek land to be owned and managed in the future, be it for agriculture, timber production, public access, wildlife or other more intense land uses.
  
  
• Sunday, October 19th. Town meeting with Scott Cooney, Lion’s Den (barn), Hellgate Lions Park in West Riverside. 2 – 5 pm.

Potluck and discussion about developing the west log yard. Burgers & hot dogs furnished; bring a dish to share and your own beverages (no alcohol, please).

West Riverside residents requested a meeting with Mr. Cooney. Bring your ideas about what you’d like to see in the “West Log Yard” purchased by Scott Cooney from Stimson in 2007.

Would you like to see residences, apartments, condos, businesses, open space, other? The occasion will be a relaxed, informal time to share your hopes and concerns about this community in a rapidly evolving condition.

Don’t miss this chance for fellowship and brainstorming!

Is Something "Bugging" You?

At least something is bugging the knapweed! In an effort spearheaded by FOTR member Sue Furey, knapweed plants along the new trail in Piltzville received a dose of root boring weevils. Gary and Judy Matson joined the party by releasing more of these species specific knapweed munchers behind the Bonner houses and in West Riverside.

Cyphocleonus achates, the knapweed root boring weevil. At some Montana sites these weevils along with seed head feeding insects are having dramatic results in lowering the density of knapweed.
Jim Story