The Clark Fork River and its tributaries drain most of western Montana. The upper river and headwaters were heavily impacted by wastes from over a century of mining. Today, the area is the largest Superfund environmental clean-up site in the nation.
-June 4-Mid-August: The Avian Science Center will host free public bird-banding events this summer. Click here to download full program information.
-July 2: Deadline to apply for River Rat Camp. Click for more.
-July 2: Deadline to apply for River Rat Camp. Click for more.
Clark Fork Info > Upcoming Events
This page lists Clark Fork-related public meetings, information events, celebrations, public comment periods, and more from around the basin. Students, educators and volunteers should also visit our Education Portal > Upcoming Events page for a listing of professional development workshops, field trips, camps and other educational events. If you would like to suggest an event that we should add, send an email to the CFWEP Webmaster.
This page lists Clark Fork-related public meetings, information events, celebrations, public comment periods, and more from around the basin. Students, educators and volunteers should also visit our Education Portal > Upcoming Events page for a listing of professional development workshops, field trips, camps and other educational events. If you would like to suggest an event that we should add, send an email to the CFWEP Webmaster.
| Event | Date & Time | Location | Description |
| 2010 Watershed Symposium: Connecting Communities | Sept. 7-9, 2010 | Red Lion Colonial Hotel Helena, Montana |
The Watershed Symposium is a professional, 3 day event held every few years for between 200 and 300 diverse participants from the conservation community in Montana and neighboring states in the west. |
| CFWEP Field Trip: Drummond Middle School | Sept. 16, 2010 8am-3pm |
Near Drummond | CFWEP leads Drummond students on a field trip to impacted and unimpacted river sites. Volunteers welcome: contact Arlene Alvarado, aalvarado@mtech.edu, or call (406) 496-4862. |
| Wetland Program Capacity Building Workshop | Sept. 21-24, 2010 | Bozeman, Montana | Wetland Program Capacity Building Workshop sponsored by Montana DEQ and EPA Region 8 Headquarters. Visit the Workshop website to register and learn more about the Workshop, field trips, and sustainable program finance workshop. All this is happening in Bozeman! |
| National Public Lands Day | Sept. 25, 2010 | Nationwide | NPLD is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2009, 150,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants, planted trees and restored our water resources. Join us for the next NPLD on September 25, 2010. For more info, visit the NPLD website. |
| CFWEP Field Trip: East Middle School | Sept. 30, 2010 8am-3pm |
Near Butte | CFWEP leads Drummond students on a field trip to impacted and unimpacted river sites. Volunteers welcome: contact Arlene Alvarado, aalvarado@mtech.edu, or call (406) 496-4862. |
| CFWEP Field Trip: Deer Lodge Middle School | Oct. 6, 2010 8am-3pm |
Near Deer Lodge | CFWEP leads Drummond students on a field trip to impacted and unimpacted river sites. Volunteers welcome: contact Arlene Alvarado, aalvarado@mtech.edu, or call (406) 496-4862. |
| CFWEP Field Trip: East Middle School | Oct. 14, 2010 8am-3pm |
Near Butte | CFWEP leads Drummond students on a field trip to impacted and unimpacted river sites. Volunteers welcome: contact Arlene Alvarado, aalvarado@mtech.edu, or call (406) 496-4862. |
| CFWEP Field Trip: East Middle School | Oct. 15, 2010 8am-3pm |
Near Butte | CFWEP leads Drummond students on a field trip to impacted and unimpacted river sites. Volunteers welcome: contact Arlene Alvarado, aalvarado@mtech.edu, or call (406) 496-4862. |
| USA Science and Engineering Festival | Oct. 23-24, 2010 | Washington, D.C. | USA Science and Engineering Festival -- October 23 and 24th, 2010! With 300 organizations signed up to date, the organizers are expecting the Expo on the National Mall to fill in January. If you haven't signed up already, contact the organizers to make sure you don't miss out! http://usasciencefestival.org/ |
| CFWEP Field Trip: Butte Central High School | Oct. 28, 2010 8am-3pm |
Near Butte | CFWEP leads Drummond students on a field trip to impacted and unimpacted river sites. Volunteers welcome: contact Arlene Alvarado, aalvarado@mtech.edu, or call (406) 496-4862. |