Applications for grant proposals to restore the Upper Clark Fork River Basin are available from the Natural Resource Damage Program. Visit the NRDP website for more info.

 

CFWEP UPDATES

Teacher Registration Form for the CFWEP Summer Academy:
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05.14.08: The Clark Fork Restoration News page has been updated.

05.13.08: Can you tell the difference between a bull trout and a brook trout? Fishing season is on the way, and what better time to learn to identify Montana's signature trout species: click here or visit the CFWEP Blog.

05.12.08: A big CFWEP thank you also goes out to our latest Volunteers of the Month, Marko Lucich and Tom Malloy. You can also read about Marko and Tom at the CFWEP Blog.

04.23.08: The CFWEP Blog has been updated with a new entry on the Osprey Education Project along the Clark Fork.

04.21.08: The Meetings & Events page has been updated.

04.14.08: Be sure to check out the Montana Standard's nice article on last week's CFWEP aquatic insect workshop with Rhithron & Associates, aquatic insect experts from Missoula; a trout swam past the Milltown dam site for the first time in over 100 years; the Missoulian ran an article about osprey monitoring in the Clark Fork, a project CFWEP is partnering on; also in the Missoulian, an article on Mike Bader's work to promote bull trout awareness, another project CFWEP is supporting; and CFWEP Communications Coordinator Justin Ringsak has added an entry to the CFWEP Blog on the breach of the Milltown Dam.

04.03.08: . The Milltown Dam Photo Gallery has been updated with new photos from the EPA showing sediment transport via rail and the new channel around the dam.

03.31.08: There have been a flood (pardon the terrible pun) of stories about the ongoing restoration work at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot Rivers after last Friday's breaching of the Milltown Dam. Visit the Restoration News page for more.
Additional CFWEP images and video of the dam breach will be posted in the next few days.
The Calendar has been updated.

02.07.08: Montana Governor's Office Press Release: State to Get $168 Million as Final Clark Fork River Basin Damage Claims Settled. The Clark Fork Consent Decree and related materials are now on reserve in the Montana Tech Library.  They can be checked out for two hours for use in the library. 

01.24.08: Applications for grant proposals to restore the Upper Clark Fork River Basin are available from the Natural Resource Damage Program. Visit the NRDP website for more info.

01.03.08: A new lesson plan page for teachers has been added to the Watershed Science section. More lessons will be coming down the pipe in the near future, so check back often.

CFWEP Hats Now Available! Show your fashionable support for the Clark Fork Basin. Visit our Support CFWEP: Merchandise page for more information.

 

WHAT IS CFWEP?

The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program is a multi-disciplinary science -outreach program for schools in the Upper Clark Fork Basin of Montana, from Butte to Bonner. The largest Superfund site in the United States also serves as a showcase for environmental understanding, and how a damaged ecosystem can be restored.

WHY WATERSHED SCIENCE EDUCATION?

We live on a planet that is mostly covered with water. Of course, most of that water is salty, and most of the rest is ice and snow. Less than 0.6% of earth’s water is available for humans to use. At CFWEP we study this small amount of water as if our lives depend on it – because they do!   (...read more)

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