On Sept. 15, Ravalli County Commissioners extended their Calf Creek Subdivision discussion for a second time. The subdivision application is now set for review and decision on Sept. 30.

The meeting on Monday was meant to follow up questions posed to the WGM Group on Sept. 8 and ultimately decide the fate of the contentious subdivision.

Commissioners ended up tackling a portion of the subdivision’s potential impact on water rights in the area, but were still left with unanswered questions for WGM and after hours of often oppositional and sometimes emotional public testimony, commissioners rescheduled.

“We are currently watching the agriculture disappear here,” Alan Maki, a fourth generation Corvallis rancher told commissioners while wiping away tears. “There are non-mitigable effects o

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