The Ripple 2024 Annual Report is available for you to view!
2024 Annual Report
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Adopt A Trout
Silver Bow Creek Fish Monitoring & Telemetry Study Adopt-A-Trout Follow a fish on Silver Bow Creek! Use the interactive Storymap to track a fish (some are even still alive!) and see how it moves within Silver Bow Creek. Learn More About the Project Adopt A Trout
Clark Fork Watershed Education Program announces name change and center designation
BUTTE, MT. – The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP) will be renamed Ripple: The Center for Education and Ecosystem Studies, after receiving official designation as a research and education center at a Montana Board of Regents meeting in Havre on May 15-16. At the Montana Board of Regents Meeting in Havre last week, the …
2023 Annual Report
The CFWEP 2023 Annual Report is available for you to view!
CFWEP Unveils Signal Box Art in Butte
Butte, MT — December 15, 2023 — The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP) is proud to announce the continuation of a vibrant public art project in Butte, Montana, featuring the transformation of four more signal boxes into canvases for local artists. This round of signal boxes wraps was sponsored by Water and Environmental Technologies …
$14,232 Raised in Virtual Auction
THANK YOU! We are thrilled to share that our 2023 Virtual Auction raised $14,232. We are grateful to everyone who contributed by bidding on items, buying raffle tickets, and donating directly. We also want to thank all the businesses and individuals who donated items that made our auction so outstanding. Fundraisers like our virtual auction …
Teacher Feature: Kathy Foley
On a brisk October day, a 7th grader runs along the banks of Silver Bow Creek, grinning ear to ear and shouting “Ms. Foley, Ms. Foley, I found a stonefly!” Kathy Foley smiles back and encourages the student to keep looking. Ms. Foley, a teacher at East Middle School in Butte, has seen countless students …
CFWEP Launches Development Plan with Help from the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation and Leadership Volunteers
The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP) recently received a three-year $60,000 Capacity-Building Challenge Grant from the Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation. This grant will help launch their development plan to continue to serve students in the Clark Fork and Blackfoot watersheds and will allow CFWEP to further its mission of “Expanding environmental literacy and …
2022 Southwest Montana Fly Fishing & Conservation Camp
Last week was one of our favorite weeks of the year: our annual Southwest Montana Fly Fishing & Conservation Camp! Each year students gather to spend a week learning how to fly fish as well as how to care for our valuable natural resources. Here’s a glimpse into what our campers were up to last …
CFWEP Teacher Awarded Highest Teaching Honor
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Pavlovich for receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. Chris Pavlovich teaches fifth grade at East Side School in Livingston, MT and has been involved with CFWEP since the very beginning of our program. We are so proud of her accomplishment! The Presidential Award for Excellence …