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• Language: unknown
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Indian; Kay; North Fork; Pacific; caribou; peregrine falcon; wolverine; Lynx
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16921coll4/id/13396

Page* November 7, 197$ Search for energy risks Glacier Park Conservation News —How close is too close for comfort when the search for energy begins to close in on a national park? Right now, government officials and conservationists are asking themselves just that question about Glacier National Park —1,600 square miles of isolated wilderness in the north-west corner of Montana, which are surrounded not only by national forests, wilderness a-reas, and an Indian reservation but also by a variety of interests eager to tap possible fuel sources at its door step—coal, oil, natural gas. Immediately to the south anG west of Glacier, more than 200,000 acres of land are being sought for oil and natural gas exploration, with the federal government now reviewing ap-plications from Texas Pacific Oil Company and two private citi-zens in Billings, Montana, to lease the land. To the northwest of the park, eight miles above the Canadian border at Cabin Creek, a subsi-diary of the British firm Rio Algom Mines Ltd. has been investigating the prospects for stripping coal out of the tops of two mountains which straddle the creek. If it concludes that the prospects are indeed good, the firm is expected to file an application next year with the Canadian government for per-mission to go ahead with the mining which could continue over a 20 year period. Finally, to the east of the park, Blackfeet Indians have submitted a petition to the Promises, Promises. We have an ArtCarved en-gagement ring to symbolize every promise. An4 we make you a prom-ise. Every ArtCarved dia-mond ring we sell is uncon-ditionally guaranteed for quality and value. eArt Carved Government officials and conservationists are asking themselves "How close is too close for comfort when the search for energy begins to close in on a national park?" federal government seeking the establishment of a "conserva-tion agreement" for the regula-tion of rights in the eastern part of the park, covering entry, hunting, fishing, grazing, and timber cutting. As these ventures come to a head this year and next, conser-vationists are growing apprehen-sive about the environmental ramifications for: Glacier Na-tional Park and neighboring Flathead National Forest where the oil/natural gas leasing is proposed, the Flathead River which runs between them and has been proposed for designa-tion as a wild and scenic river, a section of the forest recommen-ded for designation as the Great Bear Wilderness Area to the south of the park, and the already established Bob Mar-shall Wilderness Area. Wildlife Issue Within this region, the pro-tection of valuable wildlife habitat is a major issue. The U.S. Forest Service writes in a draft environmental impact statement on the proposed leasings, "The variety of habitat types found in the Flathead drainage provides for a quite unusual complex of animal species. Those that are not too common in other areas include fisher, marten, otter, wolverine^ wolf, lynx, and mountain lion." Counted among the big game native to the areas are mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, black bear, bighorn sheep, woodland caribou, and the grizzly bear, which this summer the Depart-ment of the Interior classified as a threatened species. In addi-tion, two endaneered species, the peregrine falcon and the Northern Rocky Mountain Wolt, inhabit parts of the area inclu-ding portions of the forest requested for leasing. If oil and gas exploration for two to three years leads to a medium to large discovery, it portends ore and water pollu-tion in the Flathead watershed which Glacier and the national forest share. Similarly, strip minjng at Cabin Creek which flows into North Fork Flathead River, in turn flowing into Glacier to -15- ATTENTION CONCORDIA DEMOCRATS: MSU-DFL Meeting, Thursday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. in Student Activities Room in the Student Union. Casual Fashions For Guys & Gals rTHE IKH WOREESi BLOCK 6, 620 MAIN FARGO, N.D. 58102 MPIRG surveys local banks From Sept. 9-Oct. 12, MPIRG, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group, surveyed four banks in the Fargo-Moorhead area. The banks evaluated include: Moorhead State Bank, Holiday Mall Shopping Center, Moorhead; First National Bank of Moorhead; Union State Bank, West Acres Shopping Center, Fargo; and American State Bank of Moorhead. The survey was conducted to provide students with information about services offered by these banks, especially checking and savings account plans. The MPIRG report stresses that many factors should be considered when choosing a bank. In addition to convenient location and banking hours, a student should consider the amount of money required to maintain an account. One important criteria used when evaluating a bank is its checking plan. Moorhead State, First National, and Union State offer students free checking accounts. American State Bank offers free checking to senior citizens only. Two of the four banks offer Ready Reserve, a plan that allows the bank to add money to a checking account when it becomes overdrawn. The lowest minimum balance for free checking is $50.00, offered at Union State and American State Banks. Another important consideration is a bank's savings account program. None of the banks surveyed require more than a $1.00 minimum initial deposit for a passbook savings account. Interest rates are the same at all four banks; all are 5 per cent. Moorhead State and First National of Moorhead compound interest daily, a plan that brings the largest yield from an account. In terms of personal service, MPIRG researchers found American State Bank to be the most cooperative. They were friendly and gave all information requested. First National was found to be the least cooperative; however, all four banks chose to respond to the MPIRG survey. Norwegian focus Fevold relates church, immigration by Robin Kay Peck "It would be impossible to speak of the contributions of the church without mentioning the relationship between education and the church—of particular interest, the church college," stated Dr. Eugene Fevold in his lecture entitled "The Norwegian Church in America." The lecture, given last Sun-day, Nov. 2 in the Humanities Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. was the third in a series of four in the Faculty Lecture Series. Dr. Fevold, author of the book "The Lutheran Pre-Church" was a former pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in West Fargo and a former staff member of the Religion department here at Concordia. Dr. Fevold is currently a professor of history at Luther Theological Seminary. "The 19th century was an era of great change.about 800,000 Norwegian immigrants came to America, and once there, set about adopting a liberal demo-cratic constitution/' said Dr. Fevold. He recounted how during the last part of the 19th century, apathy about the church was rampant. However, two vigo-rous religious movements arose that were powerful in affecting the opinions of laymen and pastors who migrated to this country to set up churches: 1) The Haugian Revival —This movement was named after the man who went around the country preaching salvation and repentence. It played an impor-tant part in initiating the Democratic Folk Movement. 2) The Johnsonian Revival—This revival was named for Gisla Johnson, a professor at the University of Oslo, who re-vealed certain theological di-mensions of the present-day church. Dr. Fevold then discussed the attitude of the Norwegian church towards immigration. Stating that the church and the government greeted immigra-tion with skepticism and hostili-ty— he added that they thought of it as "a national catastro-phe. a deserting of the father-land." Because of this negative attitude on the part of the Norwegian church, it was now a necessary task for the immigrant churches to become self-suffi-cient. Though northern Illinois had been the original goal of the Norwegian immigrants, they established the first organized congregation for immigrants in Mosquigo, Milwaukee. The Midwest frontier provi-ded a considerable challenge to partshoners and pastors. It was through their meeting of this challenge that the church sy-stems grew and prospered. As a final comment on the church and its function in America, Dr. Fevold quoted Dr. Einar Haugen in the following statement: "The first and most persistent factor in the immigra-tion church was that man found in it, a national center for. satisfaction of his social and religious cravings."