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 4-6: Butte: The Original film showings at the Motherlode Theatre in Butte.
-June 4-Mid-August: The Avian Science Center will host bird-banding and osprey viewing events this summer. Check back for dates and times as they are announced.
-June 4-Mid-August: The Avian Science Center will host bird-banding and osprey viewing events this summer. Check back for dates and times as they are announced.
Clark Fork Info > News
Montana Standard: PPL updating power lines near Great Falls dams
Montana Standard: Storms cause flooding in north-central Montana
Montana Standard: Wicked weather screwing with fishing
Montana Standard: Fishing starting to turn around
Montana Standard: Fourth promises busy weekend at lakes, streams
Montana Standard: Governor: Pipelines bigger threat than wells in state
Montana Standard: Conserving water
Montana Standard: Oil and gas leases offered on 57,200 acres in MT
Montana Standard: Upper West Side loses water service
Montana Standard: Hail storms bring damage to Bozeman area
Montana Standard: Pathogen deadly to bighorns found in sheep, goats
Montana Standard: State to implement reservation system for camping
Missoulian: Cleaner waters: Green Anchors help prevent lead waste in rivers
Missoulian: Coalition slowly planning way to pay for protecting North Fork of Flathead
Missoulian: Rainfall records broken in western Montana
Missoulian: Chicken coops around western Montana attracting more bears to town
Missoulian: Recent rains wash away fears of low water levels in Flathead Lake
Missoulian: Protecting wildlife will require collaboration, Western governors told
Missoulian: Protest shows how big oversized loads will be
Missoulian: MARK WARD: Walleye anglers to descend on Canyon Ferry Reservoir
Missoulian: FWP kills bear that bit man's ear through tent; cub also euthanized
Missoulian: Missoula students head south to help out leatherback sea turtles
Missoulian: Weeklies Reader: Woman fires .357 during 'aggressive deer' encounter in Glacier
Missoulian: Kootenai logging order, first half (pdf)
Missoulian: Off-road riders cause $36K in damage at Blue Mountain
Missoulian: Water, wildlife, energy on governors' meeting agenda
Missoulian: NorthWestern Energy proposes rate increases in addition to Wednesday's hike
Missoulian: Kootenai timber sales halted by grizzly bears
Missoulian: Wildlife research protocols under scrutiny after deaths of man, animals
Missoulian: Need to box out a bear?
Missoulian: Bitterroot elk group wants higher predator quota in West Fork
Missoula Independent: ConocoPhillips Road tripping
Missoula Independent: Mountain High
Missoula Independent: Mountain High
Missoula Independent: Out to pasture Something must be done to thin wild horse herds
Missoula Independent: Boom and Gloom Montana's Blackfeet Nation recently signed the largest oil exploration deal in the tribe's history
News related to the Clark Fork Basin, environmental science, Superfund, conservation, and Montana's ecosystems. Visit the Restoration News Archive for older news links.
CFWEP Restoration & Education Newsletter: Spring 2010 (pdf)
Silver Bow Creek Update - Winter 2009 from the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality & Montana NRDP (pdf)
EPA Site Update - Anaconda - January 2009 (pdf)
EPA Site Update - Milltown - April 2010 (pdf)
DEQ Site Update - Clark Fork River 2009 (pdf)
Deer Lodge Trestle Area Soil Sampling Results (pdf)
Big Hole River Diversion Dam Replacement Project Update - August 09 (pdf)
Clark Fork Coalition: Stream Care Guide for Clark Fork Landowners 2009
Montana Watercourse: A citizen’s guide to understanding and protecting ground water 2009 (pdf)
Montana Standard: PPL updating power lines near Great Falls dams
Montana Standard: Storms cause flooding in north-central Montana
Montana Standard: Wicked weather screwing with fishing
Montana Standard: Fishing starting to turn around
Montana Standard: Fourth promises busy weekend at lakes, streams
Montana Standard: Governor: Pipelines bigger threat than wells in state
Montana Standard: Conserving water
Montana Standard: Oil and gas leases offered on 57,200 acres in MT
Montana Standard: Upper West Side loses water service
Montana Standard: Hail storms bring damage to Bozeman area
Montana Standard: Pathogen deadly to bighorns found in sheep, goats
Montana Standard: State to implement reservation system for camping
Missoulian: Cleaner waters: Green Anchors help prevent lead waste in rivers
Missoulian: Coalition slowly planning way to pay for protecting North Fork of Flathead
Missoulian: Rainfall records broken in western Montana
Missoulian: Chicken coops around western Montana attracting more bears to town
Missoulian: Recent rains wash away fears of low water levels in Flathead Lake
Missoulian: Protecting wildlife will require collaboration, Western governors told
Missoulian: Protest shows how big oversized loads will be
Missoulian: MARK WARD: Walleye anglers to descend on Canyon Ferry Reservoir
Missoulian: FWP kills bear that bit man's ear through tent; cub also euthanized
Missoulian: Missoula students head south to help out leatherback sea turtles
Missoulian: Weeklies Reader: Woman fires .357 during 'aggressive deer' encounter in Glacier
Missoulian: Kootenai logging order, first half (pdf)
Missoulian: Off-road riders cause $36K in damage at Blue Mountain
Missoulian: Water, wildlife, energy on governors' meeting agenda
Missoulian: NorthWestern Energy proposes rate increases in addition to Wednesday's hike
Missoulian: Kootenai timber sales halted by grizzly bears
Missoulian: Wildlife research protocols under scrutiny after deaths of man, animals
Missoulian: Need to box out a bear?
Missoulian: Bitterroot elk group wants higher predator quota in West Fork
Missoula Independent: ConocoPhillips Road tripping
Missoula Independent: Mountain High
Missoula Independent: Mountain High
Missoula Independent: Out to pasture Something must be done to thin wild horse herds
Missoula Independent: Boom and Gloom Montana's Blackfeet Nation recently signed the largest oil exploration deal in the tribe's history
June 21st, 2010:
Montana Standard: Healing Hula
Montana Standard:
Standard view: Mining cleanup efforts tied to BP
Montana Standard: ‘Excellent’ match
Montana Standard:
Storm turns streets to rivers
Montana Standard: Tornado rips through Billings
Montana Standard: Conservation easement placed on Glasgow area ranch
Montana Standard: Grizzly killed after mauling
Montana Standard: Big drums rollin'
Missoulian: Weed eating works: Shepherd in fifth year of Missoula program deemed success against leafy spurge
Missoulian: Bear traps designed with safety in mind: Choteau business's devices made to help protect cubs
Missoulian: Ancient mariner: Kootenai River white sturgeon found ways to survive for eons, but is now endangered
June 18th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Rivers, creeks rising
Montana Standard:
Southwest Montana area flood advisory
Montana Standard:
River water rise claims area man
Montana Standard:
Grizzly bears break into shed on ranch
Montana Standard:
Rain douses drought worries
Montana Standard:
Deer Lodge creek high, but rehab work stops flooding
Montana Standard:
Rough Front: Where beauty is accessible
Montana Standard:
Grizzlies roaming farther
Montana Standard:
Group wraps effort to prevent mining
Montana Standard:
Crowds expected Tuesday as wolf case returns to federal court
Montana Standard:
4 horses released on Wildhorse Island
Montana Standard:
Tester sticks with logging
Montana Standard:
Tester offers Forest Bill changes
Montana Standard:
Wildlife officials investigate grizzly death
Montana Standard:
100 protest wolves outside federal court hearing
Montana Standard:
Judge hears arguments in federal wolf case
Montana Standard:
Wolf hearing draws protesters from both sides
Montana Standard:
Join Wilderness Association for guided summer walks
Missoulian:
Activists camp out to prevent development near Glacier Park
Missoulian:
Trains with brains: MRL's cleaner engines should cut emissions 90 percent
Missoulian:
Schweitzer says deal to protect Flathead River Basin holding together despite deadline challenges
Missoulian:
Rare migration: Western tanagers flock to rainy Missoula
Missoulian:
Recent rains help wash away drought throughout most of Montana
Missoulian:
MARK WARD: Salmonfly hatch on Rock Creek improving
Missoulian: Scare behind hydroplane racing’s return to Clark Fork at Trout Creek
Missoulian:
Snarly weather, flooding headed for Missoula this weekend
Missoulian:
New hide, new bond: Creative Lolo ranchers save bison bull calf once rejected by foster mother
Missoulian:
Today in Missoula: Wolf case a test for endangered species nationwide
Missoulian:
Comment time on Seeley Lake land use plan winding down
Missoulian:
Chadwick finds 'The Wolverine Way' in Glacier
Missoula Independent: Fisheries Sturgeon need to get it on
Missoula Independent: Grizzlies Reclaiming turf
Missoula Independent: Trout Saviors Artificial insemination. Poisoned lakes. Decapitated cutthroats.
June 13th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Pre-empting flood: Madison, Jefferson counties look at project for river banks
Montana Standard:
Grizzly bears break into shed on ranch
Montana Standard:
2 mountain goats killed in Glacier study
Montana Standard:
Grizzly struck and killed in western Montana
Montana Standard:
Montana remains free of chronic wasting disease
Montana Standard:
Tester asks officials to go slow on power line
Montana Standard:
Power line impact on viewshed under review
Missoulian:
2 ex-NFL stars push Whitefish company's technology to help clean BP oil spill
Missoulian:
Missoula County commissioners skeptical of oil equipment transportation plan
Missoulian:
Researchers: Pine beetles change raindrop physics when they kill trees
Missoulian:
Cut Bank oil firm fined $15,000 for killing 18 birds
Missoulian:
MARK WARD: Find good fishing in any river, lake, reservoir in June
Missoulian:
Otter Creek coal re-ignites hopes and fears in Ashland
Missoulian:
Rough Front: Where beauty is accessible
Missoulian:
Spring rain could fuel fire season as summer heats up, experts say
Missoulian: GREG TOLLEFSON: Rock Creek – both quiet and busy – a dream
Missoula Independent: Hanging together: Forest bill collaborators resist Senate changes
June 9th, 2010:
Montana Standard: River setback plan draws fire, praise
Montana Standard:
Waters running high in Montana
Montana Standard:
RUBY DAM FISHING ACCESS SITE TO CLOSE JUNE 15
Montana Standard:
FWP relocates grizzly that was killing livestock
Montana Standard:
Mont. dam to overflow to help ancient fish spawn
Montana Standard:
Bird banding slated at Grant-Kohrs
Missoulian:
Montana hopes to reclaim gold
Missoulian:
Troublesome grizzly bears keeping wildlife managers busy in northwest Montana
Missoulian:
Pair of grizzly bears roaming between Great Falls, Fort Benton
Missoulian:
Diverse groups pitch bull trout plan to energy council
Missoulian:
Northwest council meets this week to discuss power lines, bull trout
Missoulian:
Wild bison pushed deeper into Yellowstone National Park
Missoulian:
Tester to post counter-proposal to forest bill draft that chopped logging
Missoulian:
NorthWestern's wind power campaign ruffles some feathers
June 4th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Wolf killed near Butte
Montana Standard: Obama administration extends roadless moratorium
Montana Standard: Scientists seek former students in toxic MT town
Montana Standard: Forest restoration up for federal funding
Montana Standard: Standard view: Museum could be ideal Uptown anchor
Montana Standard: Letter to the Editor: Museum plan has potential if it involves a true local coalition
Montana Standard: EPA, green groups settle farm pollution lawsuit
Montana Standard: Advocates: Upper Delaware most endangered US river
Montana Standard: Administration holds meetings on 'Great Outdoors'
Montana Standard: Land board OKs buy
Montana Standard: At Ruby Dam: Plan to increase storage dropped
Montana Standard: Mont. gov: Feds have 'let us down' on land plan
Montana Standard: Moisture levels rise
Montana Standard: Feds say white-tailed prairie dogs not endangered
Montana Standard: 15 wolves from 5 packs killed in Montana
Montana Standard: Canada Forestry companies to limit logging
Montana Standard: FWP seeking comment on proposed wolf quotas
Montana Standard: Anglers go with flow
Montana Standard: Minor rule changes supported for rivers
Montana Standard: Federal agencies eye flood plan for cottonwoods
Montana Standard: A fitting memorial
Montana Standard: DEQ releases draft EIS for MSTI
Missoulian: $25 million Missouri River study begins public comment phase
Missoulian: Coalition proposes forest restoration in Blackfoot, Clearwater, Swan river valleys
Missoulian: Land board OKs using PPL lawsuit money to buy Plum Creek timberlands
Missoulian: Montana wilderness group to kick off series of hikes at Missoula party
Missoulian: Vilsack praises Montana conservation efforts at Blackfoot gathering
Missoulian: Paving the way
Missoula Independent: Building trust - First clean up, then we can talk more mining
Missoula Independent: Rough waters - Delays, uncertainty mire Blackfoot corridor renewal
May 25th, 2010:
CFWEP Restoration & Education Newsletter: Spring 2010 (pdf)
May 17th, 2010:
May/June BugNet from the Montana Environmental Education Association
May Montana Conservationist from the Montana Association of Conservation Districts (pdf)
May 16th, 2010:
Montana Standard: ‘Cool Water Hula’ 10th anniversary coming on July 10 to Berkeley Pit
Missoulian:
Public meetings on slate to discuss oil pipeline plan in eastern Montana
Missoulian:
Administration met with environmentalists on monuments, records show
Missoulian:
Wolf Creek to get wastewater treatment plant
Missoulian:
UM forestry professor aims to put Tester bill into bigger context
Missoulian:
Wolf survival analysis shows successes, but struggles in Glacier, Bob Marshall
May 14th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Groups file lawsuit over Otter Creek coal lease
Montana Standard:
Generating station more than half finished
Montana Standard:
State may buy Plum Creek land with PPL money
Montana Standard:
Govt met with environmentalists on land protection
Montana Standard:
Springtime in Yellowstone
Montana Standard:
Judge explains ruling on proposed mine in Cabinets
Montana Standard:
Mont. aims to reduce wolf numbers for first time
Montana Standard:
Enviro groups appealing forest thinning plan
Montana Standard:
PBS to air documentary on fatal grizzly attacks
Missoulian:
Kalispell man lands record-setting northern pike
Missoulian:
MARK WARD: Cast your line in streams, lakes that open Saturday
Missoulian:
Missoula-area rivers in good shape for general fishing season opener
Missoulian:
Third grizzly bear captured near Ferndale
Missoulian:
Wildflower Walks is back in season
Missoulian:
Meteorologists say Montana will get warm, dry start to summer
Missoulian:
Horn hunt: Antler enthusiasts await opening of game ranges
Missoulian:
Outdoors briefs for Thursday, May 13
Missoulian:
GREG TOLLEFSON: Even at centennial, Glacier never gets old
Missoula Independent: Mountain High
May 11th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Glacier park turns 100, but age has not been kind
Montana Standard:
Citizen biologists sought
Montana Standard:
Meetings planned on conservation easements
Montana Standard:
Bozeman officials propose building dam
Montana Standard:
Water court ahead of schedule but issue lingers
Montana Standard: Wolf hunt: Higher quotas proposed
Montana Standard:
Fence to keep wolves away from road-killed animals
Montana Standard:
New law pits guns vs. grizzlies in national parks
Missoulian:
Speaker to tell story of African park restoration
Missoulian:
EPA plans soil removal, containment at Libby's vermiculite processing sites
Missoulian:
Some worry planned state park between Bonner, Milltown could turn area rowdy
Missoulian:
Report: Montana fire season could be devastating
Missoulian:
FWS looks to expand conservation easements in Blackfoot, along Rocky Mountain Front
Missoulian:
IWFF lecture
Missoulian:
After wolf bites dog, Thompson Falls residents concerned about catching disease
May 7th, 2010:
Montana Standard:Photos on website lead to conviction of man who poached seven deer, two elk near Trout Creek
Montana Standard: Dry western Mont. could see big fires
Montana Standard: Proposal would double wolf quota for 2010 season
Montana Standard: State wants to buy 28,000 acres of ranchland near Deer Lodge
Montana Standard:
Man kills wolf that was threatening dog near Evaro
Missoulian:
SCHEDULE OF WILDLIFE FILMS
Missoulian: Buzz of activity: Interest is high at annual UM event to stock up for season
Missoulian: Tough turkey: An initiation to spring gobbler hunting
Missoulian: Elk Foundation, wolf groups trade barbs over wolves' impact on elk populations
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Missoulian: Pair of grizzly bears frequenting Ferndale will be relocated
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Missoulian: Kalispell man gets probation for illegal wolf kill
May 5th, 2010:
Montana Standard: Diggings: PPL grants go to 3 area groups
Montana Standard:
Gov. supports jobs created by equipment move
Montana Standard:
Strong winds cause damage, down power lines
Montana Standard:
Darby area wolf pack to be removed
Montana Standard:
Montana considering reservation system for camping
Montana Standard:
Giant Montana northern pike could set record
Missoulian:
FWP seeks help tracking Big Hole River fish
Missoulian:
Around the bend: CSKT works to restore Jocko watershed back to its natural state
Missoulian:
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Missoulian:
Big rigs: When global issues have local implications
Missoulian:
YCC program lets kids work outdoors
Missoulian:
Hunting closure requested in West Fork of Bitterroot