| Foundation
Notes — Wheeler Center |
| Up-to-date
news about Montana's most critical statewide issues is
now at your fingertips with the recent publication of
the Burton K. Wheeler Center's newsletter online. The
montana.edu/wheeler
Web address takes readers directly to the home-page, where
the newsletter is just one click away. |
| Associate
Director Julie Hitchcock notes that "so many newsletters
are accessible online today, and there's a reason for
that. The news is instantly available, so that what happened
yesterday is available to you today. Of course, hard copies
are on hand as well, and we've made that announcement
to our mailing list." |
| Currently,
readers can learn about the Center's most recent conference
on the future of "Coal Bed Methane" development in our
state. The conference, which was held in Billings this
fall, aired the views of industry, landowners, public
lands managers and environmentalists in both Montana and
Wyoming on this extremely controversial issue. |
| Additionally,
the newsletter recaps the Business Roundtable held last
spring in Great Falls, where Department of Transportation
activities were examined in light of recent legislation
ordering closer ties between that department and state
agencies promoting economic development. A case study
of the proposed expansion/reconfiguration of Highway 2
(Montana's Hi-Line) provided a vehicle for determining
the consequences of any actions the DOT takes in relation
to encouraging economic development in the state. |
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The Center's schedule for 2003 can also be found online.
On May 15, at the annual Business Roundtable, the Center
takes up whether and how Montana can position itself as
an energy-producing state. In late September/early October,
the Fall Conference topic will yield answers to the state's
growing problem with revenue generation. Both events will
be held in Bozeman. |
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