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.
-May 28: Deadline for public comments on Anaconda area Superfund sites.
-June 1: CFWEP Field Trip with Deer Lodge School.
-June 4-6: Butte: The Original film showings at the Motherlode Theatre in Butte.
-June 1: CFWEP Field Trip with Deer Lodge School.
-June 4-6: Butte: The Original film showings at the Motherlode Theatre in Butte.
Clark Fork Info > Restoration > Conservation & Superfund Library
Anaconda Smelter Site and Associated Sites
Butte Mine Flooding and Butte Priority Soils
Clark Fork River Site
Granite Mountain Memorial Interpretive Area (Butte)
Mike Horse Dam Site (Blackfoot River)
Milltown Dam Site
Silver Bow Creek
Big Hole Watershed Committee
DNRC Floodplain Management Program
Montana Association of Conservation Districts
Montana Code
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Natural Resource Information System (NRIS)
A wide variety of public documents and technical reports related to Montana conservation practices, Superfund and restoration projects in western Montana are available for download below. All files are pdf format unless otherwise noted. To request hard-copies, additional information, or to suggest additions to the library, email the CFWEP Webmaster (jringsak@mtech.edu). Files are organized by site, with general documents following sorted by agency; for each site, files are listed in roughly chronological order. Click on each site name header to visit the EPA Superfund web page for that site.
Anaconda Smelter Site and Associated Sites
- Natural Resource Information System: Anaconda Upland Impact Area Map
- Montana NRDP: Draft Conceptual Smelter Hill Area Uplands Resources Restoration Plan, December 2007
- EPA Site Update: January 2009
- EPA: 2010 Annual Site Update
- Fact Sheet - Narrative Summary, March 2010
Butte Mine Flooding and Butte Priority Soils
- Butte Mine Flooding Consent Decree: U.S. and State of Montana v. Atlantic Richfield Company, ASARCO, AR Montana Corporation, Montana Resources Incorporated, and Dennis Washington
- EPA Record of Decision: 1994
- Butte Superfund Area Map, 2003
- EPA: Promoting Redevelopment at the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site, March 2004
- EPA: Superfund Program Cleanup Proposal Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit of the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site, January 2005
- EPA 5-Year Review Report, September 2005
- Summary of EPA's Record of Decision for Cleanup of the Butte Priority Soils, September 2006
- Montana NRDP: Butte Area One Restoration Planning Process and Draft Conceptual Restoration Plan, November 2007
- Partial Settlement Agreement Regarding the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Superfund Site and Butte Mine, December 2007
- EPA Update: Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Mine Flooding Operable Unit - ASARCO Bankruptcy Proceeding and Settlement effects on the Consent Decree, February 2008
- PitWatch.org (Berkeley Pit Information)
- EPA: Residential Metals Abatement Program - March 31, 2010
Clark Fork River Site
- Clark Fork River Superfund Map
- Clark Fork Consent Decree: State of Montana v. Atlantic Richfield Company, 1999
- Fact Sheet on Upper Clark Fork River Basin Natural Resource Damage Litigation and Restoration, June 2003
- Montana NRDP: Upper Clark Fork River Basin Restoration Plan, Procedures and Criteria, January 2007
- Montana NRDP: State of Montana's Revised Restoration Plan For The Clark Fork River Aquatic and Riparian Resources, November 2007
- Consent Decree: State of Montana v. Atlantic Richfield Company - for the Clark Fork River Operable Unit and for Remaining State of Montana Clark Fork Basin Natural Resource Damage Claims, 2008
- Consent Decree II: State of Montana v. Atlantic Richfield Company - for the Clark Fork River Operable Unit and for Remaining State of Montana Clark Fork Basin Natural Resource Damage Claims, 2008
- Summary of 2008 Settlement of Clark Fork River Remediation and Natural Resource Damages Claims and Related Restoration Plans
- Draft Conceptual Framework for an Upper Clark Fork River Basin Restoration Priorities Road Map - Executive Summary, 2008
- Draft Conceptual Framework for an Upper Clark Fork River Basin Restoration Priorities Road Map, 2008
- Montana DEQ Site Update, June 2009
- Deer Lodge Trestle Area Soil Sampling Results, June 2009
Granite Mountain Memorial Interpretive Area (Butte)
Mike Horse Dam Site (Blackfoot River)
- Mike Horse Dam Area Map
- USFS: Action Memorandum for the Removal Action for the Mike Horse Dam and Impounded Tailings, Lower Mike Horse Creek, Beartrap Creek and the Upper Blackfoot River Floodplain Removal Areas, Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex Site, July 2007
- Settlement Agreement Regarding the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex Site, April 2008
Milltown Dam Site
- EPA Press Release: EPA and DEQ Issue Final Record of Decision for the Milltown Reservoir Sediments Superfund Site in Montana, December 2004
- Montana State Press Release: Governor Supports Milltown Record of Decision, 2004
- Restored Clark Fork-Blackfoot River Confluence Artist's Rendition
- Restoration Plan for the Clark Fork River and Blackfoot River near Milltown Dam, October 2005
- Natural Resource Damage Program and Fish, Wildlife & Parks Present Stories of What is to Come at Milltown Dam, September 2006
- Milltown Revegetation Data Summary Report, November 2006
- EPA Site Update, March 6, 2007
- EPA Site Update, March 14, 2007
- EPA Site Update, March 27, 2007
- EPA Site Update, April 4, 2007
- EPA Site Update, April 11, 2007
- EPA Site Update, April 20, 2007
- EPA Site Update, May 2, 2007
- EPA Site Update, May 10, 2007
- EPA Site Update, May 30, 2007
- EPA Site Update, June 6, 2007
- EPA Site Update, June 20, 2007
- EPA Site Update, July 3, 2007
- EPA Site Update, July 10, 2007
- EPA Site Update, August 1, 2007
- EPA Site Update, August 7, 2007
- EPA Site Update, September 5, 2007
- EPA Site Update, October 3, 2007
- EPA Site Update, October 24, 2007
- EPA Site Update, October 31, 2007
- EPA Site Update, November 7, 2007
- EPA Site Update, November 14, 2007
- EPA Site Update, November 28, 2007
- EPA Site Update, December 5, 2007
- EPA Site Update, December 12, 2007
- EPA Site Update, January 8, 2008
- EPA Site Update, January 15, 2008
- EPA Site Update, January 23, 2008
- EPA Site Update, January 30, 2008
- EPA Site Update, February 14, 2008
- EPA Site Update, February 20, 2008
- EPA Site Update, February 29, 2008
- EPA Site Update, March 5, 2008
- EPA Site Update, March 12, 2008
- EPA Site Update, March 19, 2008
- EPA Site Update, April 2, 2008
- EPA Site Update, April 9, 2008
- EPA Site Update, April 16, 2008
- EPA Site Update, May 6, 2008
- EPA Site Update, May 14, 2008
- EPA Site Update, May 21, 2008
- EPA Site Update, May 28, 2008
- EPA Site Update, June 4, 2008
- EPA Site Update, June 11, 2008
- EPA Site Update, June 18, 2008
- EPA Site Update, August 6, 2008
- EPA Site Update, September 17, 2008
- EPA Site Update, October 6, 2008
- EPA Site Update, December 10, 2008
- EPA Site Update, January 7, 2009
- EPA Site Update, January 21, 2009
- EPA Site Update, February 4, 2009
- EPA Site Update, March 4, 2009
- EPA Site Update, March 18, 2009
- EPA Site Update, April 1, 2009
- EPA Site Update, April 29, 2009
- EPA Site Update, May 13, 2009
- EPA Site Update, May 27, 2009
- EPA Site Update, June 10, 2009
- EPA Site Update, June 24, 2009
- EPA Site Update, July 8, 2009
- EPA Site Update, July 22, 2009
- EPA Site Update, August 19, 2009
- EPA Site Update, September 2, 2009
- EPA Site Update, September 16, 2009
- Air Monitoring at Milltown, June 6, 2007
- Directions to the Milltown Bluff Overlook
- 2008-2009 Site Comparison Photos
- EPA: Transportation of Milltown Sediments to the Opportunity Ponds at the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site, October 1, 2007 (doc format)
- EPA Site Update, October 7, 2009
- EPA Site Update, December 9, 2009
- EPA Site Update, January 6, 2010
- EPA Site Update, February 3, 2010
- EPA Site Update, March 24, 2010
- EPA Site Update, April 2010
Silver Bow Creek
- Silver Bow Creek Watershed Map
- Natural Resource Information System: Silver Bow Creek Corridor Superfund Map, 2006
- 1999 Consent Decree: State of Montana v. Atlantic Richfield Company - Streamside Tailings Operable Unit and Federal and Tribal Natural Resource Damages
- Silver Bow Remedial and Restoration Actions Fact Sheet: 1999-2003
- Silver Bow Creek Greenway Fact Sheet
- EPA 5-Year Review Report, September 2005
- Remediating and Restoring Silver Bow Creek Presentation, 2007 (powerpoint format)
- Montana DEQ/NRDP Site Update, Fall 2007
- Partial Settlement Agreement Regarding the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Superfund Site and Butte Mine, December 2007
- EPA Update: Silver Bow Creek Butte Area Mine Flooding Operable Unit - ASARCO Bankruptcy Proceeding and Settlement effects on the Consent Decree, February 2008
- Monitoring Report for 2008 Streamside Tailings Operable Unit - Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area NPL Site
- Montana DEQ/NRDP Site Update, Winter 2009
- EPA 5-Year Review Update, January 2009
- Silver Bow Creek Sediment Data, January 2009
- Montana DEQ/NRDP: Interim Comprehensive Long-Term Monitoring Plan for Silver Bow Creek Streamside Tailings Operable Unit, June 2009
- EPA: Silver Bow Creek / Butte Area Superfund Site Contacts - April 28, 2010
Big Hole Watershed Committee
DNRC Floodplain Management Program
Montana Association of Conservation Districts
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, February 2, 2009
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, February 17, 2009
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, March 2, 2009
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, March 16, 2009
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, April 6, 2009
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, May 4, 2009
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, February 5, 2010
- The Montana Conservationist Newsletter, May 2010
Montana Code
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Natural Resource Information System (NRIS)