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 > January 2008
January 31st, 2008:
Montana Standard: Big Hole River gets its own fisheries biologist
Montana Standard: Proposed enegry corridors hearing draws few comments
Montana Standard: Rehberg assigned to water, energy spending panel
January 30th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Milltown powerhouse coming down
Montana Standard: Restoration Alliance
Montana Standard: Rock Creek Cattle Co.
Montana Standard: Life after Superfund
Missoulian: Owl attack leaves boy with cuts and a tale
Missoulian: Hammering away: Powerhouse demolition slated to finish in two weeks
Missoulian: High-stakes Flathead water meeting canceled
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Watershed Education Network News
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.
January 25th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Regs allow for easier wolf kills
Missoula Independent: In them thar hills - The new gold rush on Montana's federal lands
Missoula Independent: Talks with tribes restarted
January 24th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Forest Service wants to borrow Thompson Park photos
Montana Standard: Alberta has stronger enviro laws, weaker courts, industrialist says
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Montana Standard: Applications available for Clark Fork restoration grants
Missoulian: Agents kill 2 wolves near Hall
Missoulian: Smoothing things over - Bitterroot snowmobile club, state agency join forces to keep trails groomed
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.
January 22nd, 2008:
Missoulian: Deep freeze - Arctic air creates rough conditions across western Montana
Missoulian: Golden eagle, injured in conibear trap, euthanized
Missoulian: Avalanche awareness day set
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
January 18th, 2008:
Missoulian: Dam demo: Work to dismantle Milltown hydropower site gets under way
Missoulian:< Residents file Sonata Park lawsuit
January 17th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Bighorn sheep infusion
Montana Watershed News - Montana Standard: Smoldering coal seam possible cause of winter fire
Columbia Watershed News - Montana Standard: Steam burst at Mount St. Helens catches scientists’ attention
Big Hole Watershed News - Montana Standard New easements protect land along Big Hole, in Centennial
Montana Standard: Panel calls for reform of 1872 mining law
Missoulian: Commission allows capture of falcon chicks
Missoulian: Bighorn sheep roundup (video)
January 15th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Zoning efforts build: Georgetown residents want lake protected
Montana Standard: In Lost Creek State Park: Diseased trees slated for removal
Montana Standard: Commission refuses to sideline fish poisoning
Montana Standard: Congressmen say gray wolves still endangered
Missoulian: FS changes time, format at travel plan meeting
Missoulian: Officials kill aggressive moose - Older bull suffered from eye disease
EPA is inviting the public to comment on the plan for the Granite Mountain Memorial Interpretive Area in Butte and the Butte Treatment Lagoon and Metro Storm Drain Upgrades during a 45 day comment period starting on Jan. 16, 2008 and ending on Feb. 29, 2008. Visit the EPA website by clicking here for more information.
January 14th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Logging set for 3 state parks
Montana Standard: Moose with visions problems causing trouble near Whitefish
Montana Standard: Yellowstone Foundation gives $3 million to park
Missoulian: Residents mull over Seeley Lake land deal
Missoulian: Grant to help teens learn wildlife filmmaking
Montana Standard: Montana Resources: Among Butte's biggest players
Montana Standard: Milltown Dam turns 100 before removal finishes
January 11th, 2008:
EPA Milltown Site Update (pdf)
Montana Standard: Snowpack good in west, very low in north-central Montana
Missoulian: Forest service cancels meeting on Bitterroot
Newwest.net: Heated Forest Use Meeting Results in Investigation Into Threat
Missoula Independent: Major funding to rehab roads
January 10th, 2008:
Montana Standard: State seeking comment on wildfire management
Montana Standard: Pollution settlement gets $85,000 camera for DEQ
Montana Standard: Walking trail pedestrian bridge in the works
Missoulian: All-day hearing Saturday on possible hunting rules
Missoulian: Granite county resolves opencut mining violations
Missoulian: No crossing zone: Construction officials warn pedestrians against using Milltown span
January 9th, 2008:
Missoulian: Early snowpack measurements high
Missoulian: EPA will pay for well work near Milltown
January 8th, 2008:
Missoulian: Mayor: Planners aren't in conflict of interest on Sonata Park project
January 7th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Asarco offers $8.6M Berkeley Pit settlement
Montana Standard: Trout restoration project could be delayed to review effect of fish poison
Montana Standard: Retired veterinarian gives 782 acres to forest service
Missoulian: Bridge money may be diverted
Missoulian: Grant to aid sheep study
Missoulian: Mercury pollution programs expanded
Missoulian: Setbacks along Madison River considered
Missoulian: Exploring the secret life of Glacier National Park's winter
Montana Standard: Xanterra employee takes rare photo of lynx in Yellowstone
January 4th, 2008:
Montana Watershed News - Montana Standard: Golden Sunlight mine seeks OK to expand
Montana Watershed News - Montana Standard: Madison River setbacks on table
Big Hole Watershed News - Montana Standard: Wolves kill another calf
Montana Standard: Hunters don't want season change
Missoulian: Cabinet Mountains / 11 groups threaten new suit over mine
Missoulian: FWP seeks comment on grizzly resolution
Missoulian: Two western Montana projects receive growth through agriculture grants
Missoulian: GOP, Dems join to criticize Canadian mine efforts
Missoulian: Bitterroot forest to hold meetings on travel plan
Missoula Independent: Up the creek - Plum Creek holds keys to zoning Missoula Country
Missoula Independent: Troubled waters - Swan Lake development lost at sea
January 3rd, 2008:
Big Hole Watershed News - Montana Standard: 3 wolves killed in Big Hole
Montana Standard: Thompson Park improvement effort receives more money
January 2nd, 2008:
Montana Standard: Not enough gold there
Montana Standard: Meetings focus on big game hunting
Montana Standard: Helena records third-driest December
Missoulian: Freezing endeavor: About 200 brave the cold for annual Polar Plunge in Flathead River
Missoulian: Most take global warming seriously, poll finds
Missoulian: Discovery Ski Area road stalled after FWP protest