![The contractors anchored the fence posts in five-gallon buckets. "The bottom of the silt fence is not flush with the lake bottom rendering an already inappropriate technique further useless," said Mike Koopal. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/06/05/lake0605-3_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
The contractors anchored the fence posts in five-gallon buckets. "The bottom of the silt fence is not flush with the lake bottom rendering an already inappropriate technique further useless," said Mike Koopal. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
May 31, 2024
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June 5, 2024 6:25 p.m.
Construction causes rockslide on Whitefish Lakeshore
Construction crews using explosives to blast rock for the foundation of a home last month led to a rockslide of debris into Whitefish Lake in what some have described as an "atrocious violation" of lakeshore protection regulations.