Home » Education Resources » Protected: Clark Fork Core Curriculum » CFWEP Core Lesson 2: What Happened to Our Watershed?

For grades 6-9

Developed by CFWEP as part of our 5-Day Core Middle School Program, this lesson covers:

  • Human and natural impacts to ecosystem health
  • The history of the Upper Clark Fork Basin and western Montana
  • The evironmental damages related to historic mining practices in Butte and Anaconda that occurred in the Clark Fork Watershed
  • The mining and smelting process
  • Acid rock drainage
  • Remediation and restoration

Use the links below to download the necessary materials for this lesson:

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