M2GREEN Redevelopment purchased the old Smurfit-Stone mill in Frenchtown and began demolishing the site for scrap metal until steel prices fell. Now they are being sued by Missoula County for back-taxes worth $1.2 million. (Kathleen Woodford/Mineral Independent).
July 26, 2017
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Groups target cleanup of Frenchtown mill site
The national conservation nonprofit American Rivers has named the Clark Fork River among the nation’s most endangered rivers, citing industrial pollution and flooding risks from the shuttered Smurfit-Stone pulp mill in Frenchtown.
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Owners of former paper mill sued for $1.2 million in taxes
After three years of non-payment for property taxes, Missoula County is suing the owners of the former Smurfit-Stone mill in Frenchtown, located just east of Alberton.