Join the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program, community volunteers, and students from Whittier Elementary, West Elementary, and East Middle School to help improve stream habitat for fish as well as the overall appearance of Blacktail Stream for the Butte Community. Businesses and community members are encouraged and needed to join the effort! 8:30 AM …
Category: Environmental News
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The Montana Steward: Answers to Superfund
Download the latest edition of The Montana Steward: Answers to Superfund, a comprehensive guide to Upper Clark Fork Basin Superfund sites and issues, from past to present. [wpfilebase tag=file id=450 /]
3rd Annual Clean Up Blacktail Stream (CUBS)
Plan to help out on our 3rd annual CUBS day on May 27, 2016. Volunteers and donations needed!! Check events schedule for contact details.
Stormwater Public Art Project
This summer, Cfwep.Org will host another stormwater awareness campaign. Check back for details in Spring 2016.
The Montana Steward: Stormwater Edition
Hydrodynamic Devices (HDDs) in Butte-Silver Bow County
In 2013, Butte-Silver Bow County (BSB) began installation of six hydrodynamic devices (HDDs) at the base of the Butte Hill. HDDs capture approximately 70% of sediments, trash, debris, and oils in stormwater. The six HDDs are located strategically at the bottom of stormwater drainage basins in Butte. Though stormwater is not treated before entering Silver …
Birds Eye View Education Program
Are you curious about Montana’s birds? Join the University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab for a morning of bird banding At one of these locations: 2015_BEVEPannouncementdirectionsforpublic Valley of the Moon Nature Trail on Rock Creek Grant-Kohrs Ranch NHS in Deer Lodge MPG Ranch near Florence (by appt. only) The University of Montana …
Montana Tech
1908 Flood influenced what we are now.
Butte was booming in 1908. For all practical purposes, the War of the Copper Kings was over, even though the Anaconda Company would not completely consolidate its ownership of nearly every mine and more until after William Clark died in 1925. After Augustus Heinze was out of the picture in 1906, money that had been …
Gear Up Kids and Cfwep.Org at the Big Hole
Montana GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) Montana GEAR UP believes that postsecondary education is possible for all Montana students, regardless of economic background. Montana GEAR UP supports schools, students, and their families to increase students’ college and career readiness through academic preparedness, postsecondary planning, and financial aid knowledge so …