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Resident urges Stevensville to review Twin Creeks plat after alleged wetlands, stormwater violations
Summary
A Twin Creeks resident told the Stevensville Town Council that a developer’s plat omitted creeks and wetlands, alleged stormwater and bank disturbances, and said the Department of Environmental Quality has called some work illegal.
Deb Buckley, a Twin Creeks resident, told the Stevensville Town Council on May 22 that recent work on the neighborhood’s Phase 2 subdivision omitted creeks from submitted plats and put stream banks and wetlands at risk. "They never put any water on there for a purpose," Buckley said, adding that the plat as submitted did not show the two creeks the neighborhood is named for.
Why it matters: Buckley said the affected streams flow into Robertson Creek and ultimately the Bitterroot River; she said that wetland and riparian vegetation provide pollutant filtration and…
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