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CFWEP | Clark Fork Watershed Education Program
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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 > September 2008

September 29th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Butte native wins teaching award
Montana Standard: BLM proposed management plan available to see
Montana Standard: Environmental restoration jobs focus of workshop
Montana Standard: Profiles in Success: The Butte connection - GM for Berkeley Pit touts Tech's internships
Missoulian: Fuel spill cleanup to start as families wait to return home
Missoulian: Spending measure may fill gap for projects on Bitterroot forest

September 26th, 2008:
Montana Standard: EPA scuttled Libby emergency
Montana Standard: Bridges over Big Hole?
Montana Standard: Subdivision proposals before planning board
Missoulian: Washington, D.C.: Baucus bars 2 with EPA from testifying
Missoulian: Now an important time to consider conservation
Missoulian: Hearing to look at EPA in Libby
Missoulian: Climate change talk kicks off Flathead lecture series
Missoulian: Conserve for biodiversity, speaker says
Missoulian: Four-lane proposal agitates residents
Missoulian: Work on grizzly recovery honored
Missoulian: Flying for pike - Missoula teenager lands big, predatory fish on big, ugly ties (video link included in article)
Newwest.net: An Early Fall Float on the North Fork of the Flathead (multimedia slideshow)
HighGround, Fall 2008 Edition (Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's Floodplain Program Newsletter) (pdf)

September 23rd, 2008:
EPA Milltown Update (pdf)

September 22nd, 2008:
Montana Standard: Building a trail and partnerships
Montana Standard: Loads of garbage dumped in forest
Missoulian: Documentary revisits ‘Night of the Grizzlies'
Missoulian: Hamilton man jailed for hunting without permission
Missoulian: Mushing group to hold clinic in Seeley Lake
Missoulian: Local volunteers sought for National Public Lands Day project
Missoulian: Thompson Falls residents concerned about flow of Milltown sediment
Missoulian: Indigenous workshop looks to past for solutions
CFWEP Blog: Afield Again

September 18th, 2008:
Missoulian: Support rings out for Stimson pond cleanup

September 15th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Two board positions wanted for industrial district
Montana Standard: Global energy topic of prof's free lecture
Montana Standard: Florida wind farm company eyes Front
Montana Standard: Big Hole tour set Sept. 24
Missoulian: Garnet thins dead timber
Missoulian: Judge throws out Yellowstone snowmobile plan
Missoulian: A new proposal: Landowner seeks to develop 69-lot subdivision on Mullan

September 12th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Mill Creek plans attract one response
Montana Standard: Cleanup continues at Beal
Montana Standard: Blowout muddies Big Hole
Missoulian: Restrictions sought for off-road vehicles near Yellowstone
Missoulian: Unusual aura - Turkey vultures’ behavior piques kids’ interest
Missoulian:< Senate bill would quicken AML payments to states

September 9th, 2008:
Montana Standard: Wind farm planned for Golden Sunlight mine land
Montana Standard: Hebgen Lake Dam repairs halted due to hazard
Montana Standard: Wildlife expo in Anaconda
Montana Standard: Mining summit convenes in Butte, Anaconda
Montana Standard: Denton's Point zoning district put on hold
Montana Standard: True height? Group measures Granite Peak
Montana Standard: Clark Fork water below Milltown safe for drinking and recreation
Montana Standard: Fishery safe in swollen Madison
Montana Standard: Proposals wanted for development on Anaconda area Superfund land
Montana Standard: State DEQ seeks comments on proposed bond for Golden Sunlight
Montana Standard: ‘Giant plug' set to aid in Hebgen Dam repair
Missoulian: Trashing the woods: Sofas, washing machines, other refuse on the Lolo keep crews busy
Missoulian: Officials: Water downriver of Milltown Dam drinkable
Newwest.net: Eureka! A Working Compromise on Water Rights

September 3rd, 2008:
Montana Standard: Engineers study ways to stem flow
Montana Standard: Hiker hurt in snow chute, airlifted off Mount Haggin
Montana Standard: Groups form plan to help save Kootenai River sturgeon
Missoulian: Nurturing naturalists - Expanded program brings children into outdoors

September 2nd, 2008:
Montana Standard: Gate fails at Hebgen Lake
Montana Standard: Plans advance to test water of GT Lake
Montana Standard: Residents say yes to zoning
Montana Standard: World-class heritage center considered
Montana Standard: Mosquitoes near Helena positive for West Nile virus
Montana Standard: Judge OKs settlement
Montana Standard: FWP votes to buy ranch on Marias River
Missoulian: Kennecott mine to stay off Superfund list
Missoulian: All is not lost: Biologist sees plenty of hope for wildlife

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