Tuesday, September 25, 2001
By Environmental News Network
Developers of a new exclusive residential resort near Big Sky, Montana were caught abusing state and federal laws
Sept. 13. The developers and landowners of the new community must immediately stop releasing sediment into tributaries
of the Gallatin River and stop filling nearby wetlands, state and federal officials have ordered.
The parties required to respond to the order are: Tim Blixseth; Yellowstone Mountain Club; Yellowstone Development,
LLC; Blixseth Group, Inc.; The Ranches at Yellowstone Club, LLC; and Boyne USA, Inc. They are building the Yellowstone
Club, a private recreation community at Pioneer Mountain, a resort area 40 miles north of Yellowstone National
Park.
The violations are related to the construction of a golf course, ski runs and roads at the 13,400 acre development.
The developers also failed to fully implement stormwater controls required under the federal Clean Water Act and
the Montana Water Quality Act, according to a compliance order issued Sept. 13.
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