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 2008
October 28th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Future planned for the Mountain Con
Montana Standard: Bridge over Silver Bow Creek
Missoulian: Missoula hunting and fishing group protests oil and gas leases
October 24th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Land plan restricts motorized vehicles
Montana Standard: In Anaconda: County, rail company working on deal
Montana Standard: MRL cars derail, spilling soybeans into Clark Fork
Missoulian: Tribes publish own stories as part of history project
Missoulian: Pattee Canyon folf course to close for winter
Missoulian: Man faces charges in moose killing
Missoulian: U.S. 12 bridge project to cause delays
Missoulian: Public comment reopens on proposal to delist Rocky Mountain gray wolf
October 20th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Copper prices feel pinch
Montana Standard: Tests identify airport contamination
Montana Standard: Freon ban on hold
Montana Standard: Young scientists
Montana Standard: Trestle area cleanup subject of meeting
Montana Standard: Down under
Montana Standard: 'Complex and ingenious' - Divide Pump Station holds wealth of artifacts
Montana Standard: Final travel plan released for Whitetail-Pipestone
Missoulian: Developer Cooney meets with residents to discuss former log yard
Missoulian: Ceremony commemorates 100th anniversary of Swan Massacre
Missoulian: Court names special master in states' water fight
Missoulian: EPA touts safety, quality on Milltown cleanup (video link included in article)
Missoulian: EPA official says water is safe in Sanders County
Missoulian: Funding withers for think tank - Western Progress lays off 13, 4 in Missoula
Missoulian: Sanders County residents angry at DEQ, EPA
Missoulian: Another Clark Fork cleanup to begin
Missoulian: Lewistown wildlife biologist honored
Missoulian: Federal agencies, conservation group join to fund game bird habitat specialist
Newwest.net: Without Cash, Western Progress Closes Its Doors
Newwest.net: Plum Creek Timber Road Eastment Investigated by GAO
October 13th, 2008:
Missoulian: Flathead open space bond on ballot
October 9th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Live trout found in Silver Bow Creek
Montana Standard: Trout return to Silver Bow creek
Montana Standard: Bridge over river denied
Missoulian: High court refuses gold mine case
Newwest.net: Guzzling the West’s Water
October 6th, 2008:
CFWEP Newsletter Sept. 2008 (pdf)
EPA Milltown Dam Site Update (pdf)
Montana Standard: Rocky traverse - Anaconda man recalls early days of trail beyond Storm Lake Pass
Montana Standard: Group looks to put jobs back in the woods
Missoulian: Early start - Florence teen is part of Montana’s hunting and conservation future
Missoulian: Take me to the river: Float trip focuses on issues surrounding streamside protection
Missoulian: Fisheries groups note many reasons to celebrate Milltown Dam removal
October 3rd, 2008:
Governor's Growing a Restoration Workforce Workshop: Results of the Roundtable on Restoration Workforce Needs (powerpoint)
Governor's Growing a Restoration Workforce Workshop: Notes from the Roundtable on Restoration Workforce Needs (pdf)
Governor's Growing a Restoration Workforce Workshop: Notes from the Roundtable on Restoration Workforce Needs (doc)