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New Stop for the Megaload Journey Through Montana: Court

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9 years ago

April 4, 2011

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By Deb Courson

State officials say they followed the law. Missoula County officials and three environmental groups say they didn’t. Now, it will be up to a court to decide if the Montana Transportation Department abided by the state’s Environmental Protection Act in clearing the way for “megaloads” of oil company equipment to travel through the state on their way to Canada. Test shipments are hitting the road in Idaho today.

Tom France is a Missoula-based attorney with the National Wildlife Federation. He says the construction making the way for the loads has to be fully considered when it comes to impacts on tourism and the environment.

“It requires dozens and dozens of pull-outs to be constructed and much more pavement. The state has simply refused to analyze how this might affect some of Montana’s most cherished streams and landscapes over the next 10 to 20 to 30 years.”

France says another requirement of state law is a full examination of alternate routes when it comes to shipments this over-sized for small roads.

“If we are going to do this haul, it needs to be on the interstate system, which was designed for these kinds of loads. And the State of Montana has never examined that as an option.”

NWF, the Sierra Club and the Montana Environmental Information Center are plaintiffs, along with Missoula County. The suit, which was filed in Missoula District Court, asks that permits be blocked until a full environmental analysis can be conducted.

Event Details

It’s that time of year again! The seasons are starting to change and it’s almost time to assist our bodies in making those changes and setting ourselves up for a healthy winter season. In the summer heat builds up in the tissues of our body and begins to dry things out. As we move into cooler temperatures our body tends to produce excess mucous in order fight against that dryness. The excess mucous becomes a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses to take over. When we take the time to do a cleanse it allows ourselves the opportunity to flush the excess heat, mucous, and toxins that have built up in our bodies. The community cleanse utilizes the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda in order to help detoxify the body and reboot the digestive system, and going through the process with a community of others makes it all that much easier to get through it successfully. It is not a time of starvation or deprivation, we eat 3 (or 4) meals each day and take specific herbs to assist the process of releasing toxins. It is a systematic 2 week process that starts with preparing your body to go through the cleansing process (a 4 day pre-cleanse), doing the main cleanse (7 days), and then restoring your body to get back to eating your regular diet (a 3 day post cleanse). It is designed to be a 2 week cleanse, but it can be customized to the length of time that you are able to commit to. And on that same note, if this timing doesn’t work for you, please contact Callie to discuss other options. If a mini cleanse without all the herbs sounds more doable for you this is another option you can discuss with Callie.

Callie Stolz, C.A.S., P.K.S., Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist and Pancha Karma (cleansing) Specialist, will be leading this two week community cleanse. There will also be yoga detox classes offered in combination with the cleanse in order to assist in the process.

What it includes: digestive herbs (specific to your needs), 4 cleansing and rejuvenativing herbal formulas, 7 days worth of the Ayurvedic cleansing food, other recipes, a booklet of information on the step by step process, 3 meetings and daily email support through the process. We will meet the week prior to distribute all the items needed for the cleanse and have a meeting about the details (if the designated time doesn’t work for you other arrangements can be made).

Callie will be explaining more about the cleanse and how we work with some of the basic principles of Ayurveda during the Awareness Wednesday seminar on September 18th at 7:00. If you are interested in doing the cleanse and you haven’t done it before, it is important to come this seminar to learn more about it and these Ayurvedic principles, and to see if it would be a good fit for you. If you aren’t able to make it to the talk, but you have questions and would like to have a meeting to discuss the cleanse and get set up it will be an additional $75 fee.

Regular price (after September 18th):
Repeat Cleansers $250; First Timers $275
Additional items also available (herbs, a tongue cleaner, dry body brush, etc.)

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