CFWEP - Clark Fork Watershed Education Program

July 15th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Audit criticizes Superfund program
Montana Standard: South-central Montana a hot spot for wind
Montana Standard: Osprey study
Montana Standard: It’s nature’s way of telling you, something’s right
Montana Standard: Mine dump rehabilitation
Montana Standard: Storm drain gets upgrade
Montana Standard: Brush fire erupts in Durant Canyon
Missoulian: Trails on Sentinel reopen
Missoulian: Bursting with creativity - Classes teach children to use their imaginations through science
Missoulian: Beware of swimmer's itch as waterways begin to warm
Missoulian: Walk on water - High water has some kayakers turning to surfboards
Missoulian: Fishing continues to be good on Montana lakes, reservoirs
Missoulian: Outcome of ruling on logging uncertain
Missoulian: People will benefit from Plum Creek deal, too
Missoulian: DEQ issues remedy for Kalispell-area Superfund site
Missoulian: Residents near Superfund site to share more than $2 million
Missoulian: Weeklies reader: Vermiculite found in Libby park
ecorover Blog: Montana Springtime Wildflowers in July--at 9000 feet
ecorover Blog: Silver Bow Creek & Superfund: Past, Present, and Future

July 2nd, 2008:
Montana Standard: State Access Fund buys park land
Montana Standard: Yellowstone National Park reports record June visitation
Missoulian: Bitterroot Resort skiing plans denied again
Missoulian: Risky waters: Officials warn floaters about the fast, cold rivers in western Montana
Missoulian: Fuel-reduction efforts ramped up
Missoulian: Firefighters extinguish small blazes around region
Missoulian: North of home: Mexican cattleman is reluctant shepherd of weed-eating sheep (video link included in article)

June 24th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Illegal dumping happening along Blacktail Creek
Montana Standard: Rural fire hall in ruins
Montana Standard: Cattle group calls for elk, bison reductions around park
Missoulian: Access issues at old Harpers Bridge - Owner wants to sell property due to trash, vandalism
Missoulian: Thinning work slated to start in Rattlesnake
ecorover blog: Let Summer Begin: flowers blooming, trout feeding, snakes slithering
Newwest.net: At Montana’s Biggest Wind Farm, Bat Deaths Surprise Researchers

June 23rd, 2008:
Montana Standard: First forest fire touched off by lightning
Montana Standard: Cherry harvest in for a later season
Montana Standard: Agency awaits report on death of wolf
Montana Standard: University researches honeybee shortages
Montana Standard: Mosquito control efforts to begin within week
Montana Standard: Yellowstone bridge failure
Montana Standard: Here’s where Butte gets its water
Missoulian: Soaking in history: Lively times at Garnet Ghost Town
Missoulian: County turning away ATVs near Deep Creek
Missoulian: EPA curtails dust at Libby mine

June 11th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Spring storm dumps snow in western Montana
Montana Standard: Setting the stage: Folk fest preparations
Montana Standard: Brucellosis herd may be slaughtered, economy to take hit
Missoulian: Groups file suit to protect fish from Rock Creek Mine

June 10th, 2008:
Seeking Volunteers for Willow Cutting:
CFWEP, in collaboration with the Butte-Silver Bow Arts Foundation and the National Folk Festival, are seeking volunteers to assist in gathering willow cuttings in the Butte area that will be used as art materials for Family Area Activities at the 2008 National Folk Festival in Butte on Saturday and Sunday July 12 and 13. We will provide volunteers with all necessary equipment and transportation to cutting sites. Volunteers are also welcome to come to willow cutting events at any time during the two scheduled cuttings (i.e. you don’t have to be there all day- if you can pitch in for an hour or two, we would appreciate it!). Site locations are To-Be-Announced. To sign-up, or for more information, contact Justin Ringsak, CFWEP, 406-496-4897, jringsak@mtech.edu. Thanks!
Willow Cutting Dates:
Monday June 16, 2008, Noon-5pm
Monday July 7, 2008, 2:30-5:30pm
Montana Standard: Krivacek takes over challenge as district ranger in Butte area
Missoulian: Foresters may extend 'let it burn' policy beyond wilderness areas
Missoulian: Graduation keggers leave woods trashed
Missoulian: Ranchers in slaughter discussions because of brucellosis
ecorover blog: Life in Recovery: German Gulch Restoration, part 2
Citizens Technical Environmental Committee (Butte): Repairing a River: Superfund & Restoration along the Clark Fork

June 9th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Restoration is focus for new deputy supervisor
Montana Standard: Volunteers needed to lay sod for Folk Fest
Montana Standard: Earthly Things: Using a pesticide? Read the label
Montana Standard: Montana rancher shoots wolf
Missoulian: Rey to explain Plum Creek deal
Missoulian: Missouri River gains water in May
Missoulian: An angry river: A century ago, Missoula experienced its greatest natural disaster
Missoulian: Experts: Flood of 1908 could happen again

June 6th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Lost Creek State Park’s new look
Montana Standard: Landfill cell liner needs repair
Montana Standard: Service to commemorate 1917 disaster
Missoulian: Western Montana: More rain and cool lie ahead
Missoulian: Judge halts Flathead National Forest spring snowmobiling
Missoulian: UM: Meeting details beetle threats

June 5th, 2008:
Missoulian: DNRC wrestles with handling of Woods Bay tract
Missoulian: Work begins on Rock Creek Mine
Missoula Independet: Superfraud - The EPA wants you to look at the Milltown Dam and see Superfund restoration at work. Look further and see the costly truth.
Missoula Independent: Unsettling winds
Missoula Independent: White Pine Sash awaits DEQ

George Grant Trout Unlimited is organizing a willow planting in German Gulch this weekend (Saturday). The plan is to pickup plants from a location on Silver Bow Creek in the AM, and then move up to German Gulch and start planting. Josh Vincent is coordinating the event with Rich Prodgers—it’s a nice opportunity to get involved on a great project in a beautiful (and seldom visited) spot close to Butte.

If you are available to help out, please let Josh know and he’ll get back to everyone on the details [contact info below]. Rich Prodgers has planned about 1500 willows, 20 aspen, and 9 cottonwoods in the reach, so we could use some bodies if you can make it.

Josh Vincent, PE
Water & Environmental Technologies
Moonlight Professional Building
480 East Park Street, Suite 200
Butte, MT 59701
Phone: (406) 782-5220
Fax: (406) 723-1537
jvincent@wet-llc.com

June 4th, 2008:
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Montana Standard: DEQ announces proposed settlement
Missoulian: Disappearing act: Most of historic trail covered up long ago by homes, latte stands (video link included in article)
ecorover blog: Granite Quarry near Butte, Montana
ecorover blog: Townsendia vs. Erigeron, and Other Mysteries of Nature