Local volunteer group requests emergency zoning to stop Blackfoot River gravel pit

Residents Mobilize as Possible Gravel Pit Raises Alarms Along Blackfoot River Corridor

Concerns continue to build in the Blackfoot River corridor after the recent sale of a 65-acre property along Highway 200, only a few miles east of Bonner. The l

Local volunteer group requests emergency zoning to stop Blackfoot River gravel pit

When Glen Wheeler and his wife set out to build their house in the Blackfoot River corridor in 1995, the river was one of the biggest reasons for their choice in property. Wheeler and his wife share 15 wooded acres with their two daughters who grew up on the property and eventually built houses of their own on the same land. Now, a 64-acre gravel pit is proposed to go in almost directly across...