As a unit of Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Technical Outreach has full access to university facilities for educational programs. This includes free use of classrooms and meeting rooms and audiovisual equipment, and preferential access, at reduced rates, to dormitory and catering services, motor pool, and so on.

CFWEP operates on a three-year grant from the Natural Resource Damage Program, Montana Department of Justice, that runs from February, 2005, to January, 2008. This grant pays program salaries and teaching and field trip expenses for students. It does not cover summer teacher training activities.

• School districts: Close ties with the schools and school administrative units served by CFWEP assure the success of its activities. The Clark Fork Watershed Summer Science Academy is an educator-driven program, designed in response to requests from school districts. Seven public school districts and a separate school are working with CFWEP on this academy. Every unit will elect teachers from each school to attend the academy, and take action to assure that the new knowledge and skills of the attending teachers will be used in the classrooms and on watershed science research projects following the academy.

• Natural Resource Damages Program of the Montana Department of Justice: This state agency has granted $682,625 over three years to allow CFWEP to provide direct services to students. Beyond this, they have made a commitment to recruit and compensate (at $25/hour) the professional scientists and engineers who will lead training sessions during the academy. Also, they will pay printing costs up to $500 for academy materials.

• US EPA 8MO: The local EPA office will partner with CFWEP to present the Clark Fork Watershed Summer Science Academy by providing expertise and materials for the teacher training sessions. EPA experts will introduce the history of Superfund, lead a tour of Superfund sites, and provide educational materials for the Academy. They will further assure the success of the academy by providing professional mentorship to participating teachers during the school year.

• Watershed Education Network (WEN): The Watershed Education Network (WEN) started in 1996 as a volunteer effort based in Missoula, Montana. Ten years later, WEN offers monitoring instruction to citizen scientists, professional workshops, and experiential education programs to local schools. CFWEP works extensively with WEN to coordinate educational activities such as the Milltown Dam Education Project.

• Avian Science Center at the University of Montana: This research-based center for bird studies is working with CFWEP to offer bird-monitoring training for the Clark Fork Watershed Summer Science Academy. They have agreed to provide the expertise and teaching materials for a full day of training. They will further assure the success of the academy by providing professional mentorship to participating teachers during the school year.

Anaconda High School
Avon School
Bonner School
Butte Central High School
Butte Central Junior High School
Butte High School
Clinton School
Drummond High School
Drummond Elementary School
East Middle School ( Butte)
EF Duvall Middle School (Deer Lodge)
Ramsay School
Powell County High School (Deer Lodge)
Elliston School
Fred Moodry Middle School (Anaconda)
Garrison School
Gold Creek School
Granite County High School (Philipsburg)
Hall School
Helmville School
Lincoln High School
Ovando School
Phillipsburg K-8
Potomac School
Speer Elementary School (Deer Lodge)
Butte Elementary Schools