Community meeting held in opposition to proposed Blackfoot Valley gravel pit

BONNER — A community meeting about a controversial gravel pit proposal in the lower Blackfoot Valley drew a crowd in Bonner on Monday evening.

Watch to hear concerns about the proposed gravel pit: Community meeting held in opposition to proposed Blackfoot Valley gravel pit

“I’m going to start off by saying that I understand that we need gravel,” said Caroline Krenn. “I understand that we need that and it’s not about that, it’s about where we’re doing it.”

Krenn and her husband learned in late September that developers were eyeing 64 acres along the Blackfoot River corridor for a gravel mine. It sparked something in her. Since then, she has been busy, starting a grassroots movement, the Blackfoot River Community, to oppose the project and hosting community meetings.

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