The Clark Fork River and its tributaries drain most of western Montana. The upper river and headwaters were heavily impacted by wastes from over a century of mining. Today, the area is the largest Superfund environmental clean-up site in the nation.
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Clark Fork Info > News > Archive > October 2007
October 31st, 2007:
Anaconda Leader: AHS students experience Milltown Dam cleanup first-hand (pdf)
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Missoulian: Park plans for Milltown cleanup site nearing completion
Missoulian: Mack Days nets 10,000 trout with 2 weeks left
Missoulian: Helena-area logging project proposed
October 29th, 2007:
Montana Standard: Empty, contaminated sludge rail cars derail near Bonner
Climate change expert to address Flathead Basin Commission
Watershed Education Network News
October 26th, 2007:
Montana Standard: Preserving the ponds
October 24th, 2007:
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Missoulian: Workers removing lead-based paint from powerhouse using dry ice
October 17th, 2007:
Montana Standard: Trout returning
October 10th, 2007:
Montana Standard: Berkeley Pit research
Montana Standard: Comment asked tonight on Fleecer subdivision plan
October 9th, 2007:
New York Times: In the Battle Against Cancer, Researchers Find Hope in a Toxic Wasteland
Montana Watershed News - Montana Standard: Researchers find pollution in remote areas of Glacier
October 8th, 2007:
Montana Standard: Sesso, others discuss waterways, public access at Butte symposium
Online Resource - An international platform for ecological art and related ideas at talkshoe.com
Big Hole Watershed News - Montana Standard: Big Hole River: Decree will change water use
Montana Watershed News - Missoulian: Glacier losing pristine nature, study says
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
October 5th, 2007:
Missoulian: Western Progress / Experts look at forest 'reality'
October 3rd, 2007:
Montana Standard: Restoration economy
Montana Standard: Milltown sediments head to Opportunity
Montana Standard: In Opporunity: Local citizens worried
Spaces available for upcoming teacher workshops in Yellowstone (pdf)
Missoulian: U.S., Canada to discuss Glacier-area coal projects
October 2nd, 2007:
Montana Standard: Toxic mud removal set for dam: 2-year project begins Tuesday
Montana Watershed News - Montana Standard: Giving paradise: Peters family puts more than 1,200 acres into public ownership
Missoulian: Event bridges nature, culture through film
Missoulian: UM researcher travels to Greenland to study melting ice caps
Missoulian: Walk to honor conservationists
Missoulian: Residents reminded that bears are back
Missoulian: Sustainable spirit: REI chief says the challenge is to connect people with nature
October 1st, 2007:
EPA: Transportation and Disposal of Milltown Reservoir Sediments to Anaconda Smelter Superfund Site BEGINS Tuesday, October 2, 2007 (word doc)
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Montana Standard: Art, music, science focus of Clark Fork watershed event
Montana Standard: Tech professor receives grant to examine Superfund as a social and political process