By Darrell Ehrlick, Daily Montanan
The Fort Belknap Indian Community, along with four conservation groups, have filed a motion to intervene in a dispute between the owner of a defunct gold mine and the Department of Environmental Quality.
Luke Ployhar owns the site of the former Zortman-Landusky gold mine, which also sits next to the Fort Belknap Indian Community. He has proposed a small-scale exploratory excavation there, but not before the state’s DEQ required a more comprehensive environmental impact study, which would likely result in more cost and delay for Ployhar.
