Whitefish Joins Missoula in Allowing Urban Chickens
By Courtney Lowery, 12-02-08
As Myers Reece reports at the Flathead Beacon, Whitefish has joined the ranks of Montana communities allowing a little country in the city with its passage of an ordinance allowing backyard chickens.
Missoula passed a similar ordinance last December (Whitefish will allow five hens, Missoula allows six. Neither allow roosters) and the news from Whitefish gives us the perfect chance to highlight the debate that has surrounded this issue—through the eyes of photography and filmmaker Anne Medley. Here’s the video she did at NewWest.Net last year:
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This is "GREAT" wonderful for all ,especially young children will see and appreciate real animals for what they do / they clean the yards of bugs - also provide beautiful feathers -that could be made into flys for fisherman- aside from" self suffciency"--which we may well need with our economy in the Brink! I applaud this venture and the best to you all in your beautiful Missoula ( had A daughter in Stevensville ) So Love the areas and the kind friendly people! P,S
We just built our own chicken coop/ and look forward to our own venture . Our very Best! From Grants Pass Oregon
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