Gravel Pit Access Through Evergreen Drive Approved with Conditions

DEER LODGE – The Powell County Planning Board voted unanimously to amend the restriction in the Conditional Use Permit for Deer Creek Excavating, LLC to use Evergreen Drive as a haul route for Double Arrow Ranch projects at their meeting Jan. 11. The amendment requires Missoula County, Deer Creek Excavating and the Ranch to sign off on a road use agreement with certain criteria for the condition to be valid.

The proposed Cottonwood Gravel Pit is located approximately four miles east of Seeley Lake and would be operated by Deer Creek Excavating, LLC. In the original CUP approved for Deer Creek...