Fighting for the battlefield

Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com

Representatives of the National Park Service said Tuesday that they are willing to listen to comments by supporters of building a visitors center at Bear Paw Battlefield south of Chinook, although that is not the preferred alternative in an environmental assessment recently completed by the agency. Gary Somers, superintendent of the Nez Perce National Historical Park, told a crowd of more than 60 people at a meeting in Chinook Tuesday that he wants to hear their comments, but the comments must be submitted in writing...