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The Clark Fork Coalition has a new web cam up recording the removal of Milltown Dam. The video updates every 5 minutes. Check it out here.

This photo from the EPA shows the water beginning to flow into the bypass channel. The rocks on the left side of the channel provide some quieter, "resting" areas which should help with fish passage up the Clark Fork River.

Videos about the Milltown Dam and Superfund in the Clark Fork Basin from The Missoulian:

Scenes from a Superfund Site

Opportunity Speaking

Dam Breach: Rerouting the Blackfoot River

Milltown Powerhouse Demolition

This photo from the EPA was taken in October 2007 as the first sediments were loaded for rail hauling to the Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site.
Now nearly 700,000 tons have now been excavated and transported for use in restoration activities near Anaconda.

This photo, taken 3/30/08 by Gary and Judy Matson of West Riverside, shows the breached dam and new river channel.

This photo from the EPA was taken in June 2008, showing some of the first wildlife to reinhabit the Miltlown site; an otter swimming near the bypass channel.

This photo from the EPA was taken in June 2008, and shows an immature bald eagle flying over the site.

This photo from the EPA was taken in June 2008, and shows a mature bald eagle flying over the site.

This photo from the EPA was taken in June 2008, and shows the radial gate of the dam removed on Monday, 6/18/08. This photo shows a closer view.

This photo shows a view of the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot
Rivers, looking downstream.
The excavator at the left is tearing down the divider block. The dam should be completely out by this fall.