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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 > October 2009

October 30th, 2009:
EPA Site Update - Milltown - Oct. 7 2009 (pdf)

October 28th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Hunters hit wolf quota
Montana Standard: Shooting of collared wolves minimal, but affects research
Montana Standard: Snapshots: FWP asking hunters to help in research BILLINGS
Montana Standard: Opening weekend successful for hunters
Montana Standard: County officials surprised Baucus backs wilderness bill
Missoulian: Black bear breaks into Red Lodge nature center, attacks two mule deer
Missoulian: Biologists release 30 more swift foxes on plains of Fort Peck Reservation

October 26th, 2009:
Montana Standard: BLM plan for wild horses under fire
Montana Standard: Osprey numbers up in Yellowstone River valley
Montana Standard: Rancher halts public hunting
Montana Standard: Groups at odds over wolf kills
Montana Srandard: Wolves strike ranch twice
Montana Standard: Hunters prepare for sunrise Sunday
Montana Standard: Study finds bears enter Missoula for apples
Montana Standard: Grizzly shot in Northwest Wyoming was cub of famed bear
Montana Standard: Eastern Montana a hunter's paradise
Missoulian: Milltown cleanup officials say years of work remain on restoration of Clark Fork, Blackfoot confluence
Missoulian: Western Montana hunters take one wolf, lots of elk on opening day
Missoulian: Biologists interested in wolf hunt results

October 20th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Mountain Con rehab: Mine dump transforming to picnic area, bike trails
Montana Standard: Stillwater recovers from loss of GM
Montana Standard: Mountain Pass Mine to provide U.S. with reliable source of rare-earth metals
Montana Standard: Judge overturns state water rules
Montana Standard: Some big gaps in CF walleye population
Montana Standard: Grizzly bear carcass causes area closure
Montana Standard: Large elk herd prompts road closure near Lima
Montana Standard: Hard winter took toll on antelope statewide
Montana Standard: Wolf pack produces far-flung wanderers
Missoulian: Air quality permit OK'd for power plant near Great Falls
Missoulian: Activists push for cleaner Northwest energy
Missoulian: Rising fees for Forest Service lease a concern
Missoula Independent: Mountain High 
Missoula Independent: Tensions get ditched
Missoula Independent: Protect the park:  Cartwright pitches wilderness designation for Glacier
Missoula Independent: Swimming upstream:  Obama disappoints when it comes to salmon

October 14th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Montana stops wolf hunt near park
Montana Standard: Bighorn sheep could be taken to other states
Montana Standard: Official calls elk poaching inexcusable
Missoulian: Run the river
Missoulian: Judge overturns Montana water rules for gas drilling
Missoulian: FWP considers floating, camping limits along Blackfoot River
Missoulian: Northwest power plan includes fewer fossil fuel plants, more conservation
Missoulian: Ravalli hunters want state to spend license funds to study wolves

October 12th, 2009:
Montana Standard: History, happenstance: Utility and intrigue blend at Mystic Lake
Montana Standard: Wildlife do interfere with the airport
Montana Standard: Wolf quota could change after 9 shot near Y-stone
Montana Standard: State officials fear grizzly claws a target
Missoulian: BLM hires manager to handle public access issues on 8.3 million acres
Missoulian: Tester meets with 200 in Troy to discuss wilderness, logging legislation
Missoulian: Predator patrol: Blackfoot ranchers rest easier knowing their stock is being watched over by range rider

October 9th, 2009:
Montana Standard: By the bucket load
Montana Standard: Feds: Grizzlies in more danger on threatened list
Montana Standard: County plans lighting retrofits to boost energy efficiency
Montana Standard: Committee recommends river setbacks
Montana Standard: Southwest Montana Snapshots
Montana Standard: Plans change for large subdivision near Whitehall
Montana Standard: Shotgunners head out for pheasant hunting
Montana Standard: Wolf hunt closed in District 3
Missoulian: Outdoors briefs for Thursday, October 8
Missoula Independent: Alone on the Range
Missoula Independent: Dying to go green: The natural burial eco-trend reaches Montana

October 7th, 2009:
Montana Standard: County seeks volunteers for restoration council
Montana Standard: Wolf quota nearly filled
Montana Standard: In Centennial Valley Wolf pack wiped out
Missoulian: Headgate closures leave some fish behind

October 5th, 2009:
Montana Standard: Beetle-killed trees change fire behavior
Montana Standard: Bighorn sheep transplant under review
Montana Standard: Agreement to protect land at Foy's Bend
Montana Standard: Idaho again wants to land choppers in wilderness
Montana Standard: Glacier supt.: Designate park as a wilderness
Montana Standard: A look at western Montana's major wildfires of 2009
Montana Standard: BLM plans area controlled burns
Montana Standard: Flushing pheasants
Missoulian: University of Montana launches Climate Change Studies program this week
Missoulian: Angora goat killed at Red Lodge nature center
Missoulian: Winter storm warning issued for south-central Montana

October 2nd, 2009:
Montana Standard: It's shaping up as a good year for Montana ducks, geese
Montana Standard: Table Mountain fire wrapped in snow
Missoula Independent: Mountain High
Missoula Independent: Development City twisted on Terrace
October Headlines from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Latest News from the Clark Fork River Technical Assistance Committee (CFRTAC): Sampling Demonstration Offers Insight into River Cleanup Plans; Summer Restoration Work at Milltown; Old Channel Sediments to Be Removed from the Clark Fork River; Community Day @ the Confluence.

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